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

2. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.
(b) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.
(c) The rise of industry from crafts.
(d) The rise of technology.

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

4. What does Leeming say the story of the Pleiades typically illustrates?
(a) The light that comes out of darkness.
(b) The interrelationships of sisters.
(c) The persecution of a group of women.
(d) The female principle that only shows itself out of the corner of your eye.

5. How did King Arthur assume the throne?
(a) He killed his father and married his mother.
(b) He pulled the sword from the stone.
(c) He killed the usurper who had taken his father's life.
(d) He worked as a woman for 12 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the young girl in the Water Jar Boy myth doing when she got pregnant?

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

3. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?

4. How does Leeming describe Hopi culture?

5. What does Leeming say Horus represents, in the Egyptian pantheon?

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