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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 many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?
(a) 12.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 3.

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

3. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?
(a) The meaning of life.
(b) The Great Flood.
(c) Creation
(d) Revelation.

4. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?
(a) Myths that define the history of the earth.
(b) Myths that define the constellations.
(c) Myths that define the order of the world.
(d) Myths that explain the location of different stars.

5. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically moral.
(b) That they are typically linear narratives.
(c) That they are typically female.
(d) That they are typically allegorical.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Meso-American pantheon?

2. Whom does Leeming say parallels the serpent in the Christian garden in the Norse pantheon?

3. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?

4. What does Leeming say about the birth of God?

5. To whom does Leeming credit the adaptation of the Greek pantheon the Roman religion?

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