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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From where does Leeming take the term "monomyth?"
(a) James Joyce.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Ezra Pound.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

2. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?
(a) Rite of passage.
(b) Celebration of the high Marduk.
(c) Wedding ode.
(d) Funeral dirge.

3. What does Leeming say urged the Buddha into action?
(a) A war.
(b) His parents.
(c) The lotus flower.
(d) The four signs.

4. What does Leeming say had to happen before the Olympian gods could reign in the Greek pantheon?
(a) The Olympian gods had to create humans.
(b) Two dynasties of gods had to be overthrown.
(c) The flood.
(d) Humans had to offer their worship.

5. What does Leeming say the chasm at Delphi gives access to?
(a) The fates' prophecies.
(b) Mother Earth's womb.
(c) Pan's secrets.
(d) Loki's powers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

2. What does Leeming say the loss of genitals represents in myth?

3. What does Leeming say is important about dying gods?

4. Where does Leeming say Moses was called?

5. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

(see the answer key)

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