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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. How does Leeming say the hero's quest typically begins?
(a) The hero discovers a special power.
(b) The hero is challenged by an opponent.
(c) The hero is called into action.
(d) The hero leaves home.

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

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

4. What does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave can be ideal places for?
(a) Political plots and coups.
(b) Murders and secret rites.
(c) Withdrawal for meditation.
(d) Love affairs.

5. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Epimetheus.
(c) Pan.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?

3. What does Leeming say European temples are meant to represent?

4. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?

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

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