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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. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Re or Atun.

2. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?
(a) Because the tree can provide for so many needs.
(b) Because the sacred tree's roots reach to the center of the earth.
(c) Because the tree loses its leaves but grows them back.
(d) Because the tree is the heart of so many of men's tools.

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

4. What does Leeming say Christ's cross and Odin and Attis' sacred trees represent?
(a) The bridge between death and eternity.
(b) Dual nature of death.
(c) The physical nature of the world.
(d) The apotheosis of the hero.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?

2. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?

3. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?

4. Whose story does Leeming cite as evidence of the story of the fall of a great city?

5. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?

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