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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 each place or object has in myth?
(a) Dual meanings.
(b) An archetypal significance.
(c) Unconscious significance.
(d) Possible significance.

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

3. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 1400 CE.
(b) 2134 BCE.
(c) 1550 BCE.
(d) 1200 CE.

4. What does Leeming say the labyrinth represents?
(a) The hidden murderous nature of man.
(b) The intricate nature of creation.
(c) The journey into the unknown.
(d) The dangers of inexperience.

5. How does Leeming describe the sanctity of the garden, grove, and cave?
(a) As political.
(b) As ancient.
(c) As divine.
(d) As feminine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Indian creation myths were concerned with?

2. What does Leeming say the Egyptian pantheon is centered on?

3. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?

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

5. What happened after Moses refused the call to his quest?

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