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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 was Hiawatha's quest?
(a) Freeing her parents.
(b) Finding a holy cup.
(c) Fleeing her uncle.
(d) Fending off monsters.

2. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?
(a) Because they are afraid.
(b) Because they distrust their mission.
(c) Because of a sense of unworthiness.
(d) Because they do not want to be heroes.

3. Where does Leeming say heroes typically find their foes?
(a) In the underworld.
(b) In the mountains.
(c) In their families.
(d) In their wives.

4. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?
(a) Power.
(b) Identity.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Knowledge.

5. Why does Leeming say cultures give human form to Supreme Beings?
(a) Because they cannot express the sublimity of existence without giving it a human face.
(b) Because humans tend to see their virtues as outlasting them.
(c) Because a Supreme Being protects them from the night.
(d) Because they do not understand anything beyond human limitations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe Delphi?

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

3. When does Leeming say heroes tend to be born?

4. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

5. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?

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