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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 cosmogony?
(a) Myth of beautification.
(b) Myth of the beginning of humanity.
(c) Myth of creation.
(d) Myth of the end of time.

2. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?
(a) Revelation.
(b) Creation
(c) The Great Flood.
(d) The meaning of life.

3. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?
(a) A wood nymph and a mortal woman.
(b) A river nymph and a god.
(c) A supernatural spirit and a mortal woman.
(d) A goddess and a hunter.

4. What does Leeming say about the birth of God?
(a) Leeming says that gods can only be born of virgins.
(b) Leeming says that there is only one God, and he was born of the Virgin Mary.
(c) Leeming says that in almost every myth, God is born of a holy Mother.
(d) Leeming says that gods are born from almost everything in existence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At Oedipus' birth, what did the oracle predict Oedipus would do?

3. How does Leeming say the hero's quest typically begins?

4. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?

5. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?

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