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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 describe the significance of the city?
(a) It depends on agriculture, but does not grow anything.
(b) It is humanity's stand against chaos.
(c) It is a microcosm for the social universe.
(d) It is an expression of the divine plan.

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

3. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) Supremacy.
(b) Worship from humans.
(c) Territory.
(d) Wealth.

4. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?
(a) Through initiating their children.
(b) Through spreading their culture.
(c) Through song.
(d) Through art.

5. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?
(a) Language.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Itself.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leeming say the Great Mother began to play a role over time?

2. Who sent the angel who called Moses to his quest?

3. For what does Leeming say the struggle among gods in the Egyptian pantheon is a metaphor?

4. What does Leeming say the Bethel stone represents?

5. Where is the Norse pantheon first described in writing?

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