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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 many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

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

3. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) Isis and Amun.
(b) Isis and Geb.
(c) Isis and Osiris.
(d) Anubis and Isis.

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

5. What other divine figure does Leeming say the main Norse god resembles?
(a) Christ.
(b) Krishna.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe Delphi?

2. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?

3. What does Leeming say is important about dying gods?

4. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?

5. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?

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