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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During whose reign was the first creation myth recorded, according to Leeming?
(a) Hatshepsut.
(b) Nebuchadnezzar.
(c) Herod.
(d) Solomon.

2. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?
(a) As a set of gods cobbled together into a narrative.
(b) As a system of checks and balances.
(c) As a nationalization of local gods.
(d) As a divine family.

3. How does Leeming describe cosmogonies?
(a) As ritual.
(b) As prophetic.
(c) As sacramental.
(d) As nostalgic.

4. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?
(a) The question of birth from nothing.
(b) The question of why men are stronger than women are.
(c) The question of how man rose to the summit of power over nature.
(d) The question of how life forms evolved and differentiated.

5. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?
(a) Re or Atun.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were creation myths repeated in the culture that created the oldest myth Leeming cites?

2. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?

3. When were the Coffin Texts made?

4. When was the Book of the Dead made?

5. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

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