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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 ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?
(a) That the world's spirit pervades all forms.
(b) That culture survives the deaths of its members.
(c) That death is ubiquitous in life.
(d) That the Great Mother makes all life possible.

2. For what does Leeming say the gods are metaphors?
(a) Earth, wind, water and fire.
(b) Elements of society, as well as human emotions.
(c) The collective unconscious.
(d) Timeless laws of the universe.

3. What does Leeming say beckoned to King Arthur's knights?
(a) The Holy Grail.
(b) The burning bush.
(c) The maid of the lake.
(d) God's angel Gabriel.

4. What does Leeming say the rocks in the stories of Jesus, Arthur, Mithras, and Isaac represent?
(a) The immanence of transcendence.
(b) The permanence of fate.
(c) A bridge between death and resurrection.
(d) A link to the Great Mother.

5. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically linear narratives.
(b) That they are typically moral.
(c) That they are typically female.
(d) That they are typically allegorical.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?

2. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?

3. Whose advice did the Trojans ignore when they decided to accept the Greeks' wooden horse?

4. What forms does Leeming say the heroes' guides will take?

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

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