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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 is eschatology?
(a) The study of prophecies.
(b) The study of fears.
(c) The study of Supreme Beings.
(d) The study of the end of time.

2. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.
(b) The rise of industry from crafts.
(c) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.
(d) The rise of technology.

3. How does Leeming describe Delphi?
(a) As a place of exile.
(b) As a city.
(c) As a sacred precinct.
(d) As a meeting place.

4. Who attempted to convince the Trojans to accept the wooden horse?
(a) Admetus.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Sinon.
(d) Agamemnon.

5. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) 2200-2000 BCE.
(b) 1500-1200 BCE.
(c) 1800-1500 BCE.
(d) 3000-2200 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe Hopi culture?

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

3. From where does Leeming take the term "monomyth?"

4. What does Leeming say Jesus and Quetzalcoatl have in common?

5. What does Leeming say the Aboriginal myth of the Pleiades resembles?

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