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

2. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?
(a) As a punishment for sins against the gods.
(b) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(c) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(d) As a way to purge a preliminary form of humanity.

3. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?
(a) All the powers he needed for his quest.
(b) A sword.
(c) A powerful family.
(d) Six fingers on each hand.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?

2. What does Leeming say that Galahad found in the Chapel Perilous?

3. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?

4. When does Leeming say the older Genesis text was likely composed?

5. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?

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