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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. What does Leeming say the fall of a city represents in myth?
(a) Politics.
(b) Tragedy.
(c) Progress.
(d) Conquest.

2. How does Leeming say earth religions still worship the Great Mother?
(a) In the form of nature.
(b) In modern agriculture.
(c) In the seasons.
(d) In the constellations.

3. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?
(a) Hades conquers earth.
(b) Demeter mourns for her daughter.
(c) Hera goes away on a trip.
(d) Zeus bans fertility.

4. What time of year does the time when heroes are born correspond to?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

5. What does Leeming say the Egyptian pantheon is centered on?
(a) The balance between free will and fate.
(b) The possibility of self-fulfillment.
(c) Death and resurrection.
(d) Redemption.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

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

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

4. What symbols in churches does Leeming say represent the Great Mother?

5. What does Leeming say Christ's cross and Odin and Attis' sacred trees represent?

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