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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. For what does Leeming say the struggle among gods in the Egyptian pantheon is a metaphor?
(a) The human struggle against evil.
(b) The expansion of trade in the Mediterranean.
(c) Historical political and religious conflicts in 4,000 BCE.
(d) The invasion of Ethiopians in 2,200 BCE.

2. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?
(a) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(b) Destroying an experimental form of humankind.
(c) As a punishment for sins against the gods.
(d) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.

3. Which is not an example of a sacred mountain in Leeming's account?
(a) Mount Ararat.
(b) Mount Olympus.
(c) Mount Sinai.
(d) Mount Everest.

4. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?
(a) Why humans fall from grace so quickly after being created by gods.
(b) Why humans see themselves as fundamentally flawed.
(c) Why humans created gods to justify their discontent.
(d) Why humans have to go through rituals to regain grace.

5. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?
(a) He excretes it.
(b) He fashions it from stone.
(c) He finds it.
(d) He vomits it.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Leeming say the Greek pantheon was adapted to Roman religion?

2. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?

3. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?

4. What does Leeming say the city represents in myth?

5. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?

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