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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?
(a) Because they are afraid.
(b) Because they distrust their mission.
(c) Because of a sense of unworthiness.
(d) Because they do not want to be heroes.

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

3. What is a teleological reason for myth?
(a) To understand the origins of existence.
(b) To understand the cause and purpose of existence.
(c) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(d) To understand the nature of language.

4. What does Leeming say was the central organizing principle of the Christian Creation myth?
(a) Morality.
(b) Free will.
(c) Logos.
(d) Reason.

5. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?
(a) Creation and nourishment.
(b) Craft and teaching.
(c) Self-fulfillment.
(d) Death and resurrection.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is cosmogony?

2. How does Leeming describe Antigone's quest?

3. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

4. What does Leeming say beckoned to King Arthur's knights?

5. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?

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