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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. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?
(a) A sword.
(b) Six fingers on each hand.
(c) All the powers he needed for his quest.
(d) A powerful family.

2. What does Leeming say was the primary difference between the Greek pantheon and the Roman pantheon?
(a) The Romans placed more value on the practical results of myths.
(b) The Romans used the Greek pantheon to justify their wars.
(c) The Romans became more philosophical and contemplative about myths.
(d) The Romans placed more value on the gods as personifications of abstractions.

3. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?
(a) Gaia fought to enthrone each of her husbands.
(b) Gaia killed her husbands.
(c) Gaia created her own mate.
(d) Gaia devoured her offspring.

4. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?
(a) The fall from the state of perfection or grace.
(b) The creation of humankind.
(c) Explanation of natural phenomena.
(d) How the universe was developed.

5. How does Leeming describe Antigone's quest?
(a) As an attempt to express her human nature.
(b) As a fight against patriarchal culture.
(c) As an attempt to repent parental sins.
(d) As a fulfillment of prophecy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say had to happen before the Olympian gods could reign in the Greek pantheon?

2. At Oedipus' birth, what did the oracle predict Oedipus would do?

3. What does Leeming say is consistent from one set of myths to another?

4. How does Leeming say Krishna is seen in Indian culture?

5. What does Leeming say the Hebraic people's monotheistic god focused on?

(see the answer key)

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