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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. Whose behavior does Leeming say explains the behavior of the Olympian gods in the Greek pantheon?
(a) The Persians'.
(b) The Egyptians'.
(c) The Etruscans'.
(d) The Greek ruling class'.

2. What does Leeming say the Hebraic people's monotheistic god focused on?
(a) The importance of being on a mission.
(b) The importance of proselytizing.
(c) The sublimity of God.
(d) The dangers of disobeying God.

3. What is an ontological reason for myth?
(a) To beautify existence.
(b) To understand existence.
(c) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(d) To understand the goal of existence.

4. What does Leeming say happened to the figure of the Great Mother over time?
(a) It lingered at the periphery of industrial culture.
(b) It acquired new faces.
(c) It lost significance.
(d) It became merely decorative.

5. From what language does the term "Cosmogony" derive?
(a) Urdu.
(b) Egyptian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Gaelic.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?

2. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?

3. During whose reign was the first creation myth recorded, according to Leeming?

4. What does Leeming say the Norse tree of life represents?

5. What does Leeming say the fall of a city represents in myth?

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