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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. How does Leeming define gods?
(a) They are immortal beings who personify the transcendence of the laws of nature.
(b) They are manifestations of the collective unconscious.
(c) They are metaphors for human experiences.
(d) They are projections of human dreams into enduring characters.

2. What does Leeming say the Great Mother personifies?
(a) The planet earth.
(b) The pains of childbirth.
(c) The process of being born.
(d) Grains.

3. What does Leeming say was the natural phenomenon at the heart of the Egyptian religion?
(a) The flooding of the Nile.
(b) The death of each generation.
(c) The birth of new children each generation.
(d) The expansion of the desert.

4. Where does Leeming say the Greek name Zeus comes from?
(a) The Sumerian for death.
(b) The Egyptian for thunder.
(c) The Persian for power.
(d) The Sanskrit for light or day.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

2. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?

3. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?

4. What does Leeming say the Supreme Being represents?

5. What does Leeming say the gods function as in myth?

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