2. What does Leeming say the myth of Gilgamesh represents?
(a) The quest for eternal youth.
(b) The fulfillment of human nature in death.
(c) The perfection of human language in art.
(d) The quest for redemption.

3. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?
(a) Because the sacred tree's roots reach to the center of the earth.
(b) Because the tree is the heart of so many of men's tools.
(c) Because the tree loses its leaves but grows them back.
(d) Because the tree can provide for so many needs.

4. Who attempted to convince the Trojans to accept the wooden horse?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Agamemnon.
(c) Sinon.
(d) Admetus.

5. What opposition does Leeming say King Arthur faced in assuming his quest?
(a) Opponents believed he was not fit to reign.
(b) His knights were not worthy.
(c) His knights seduce his wife.
(d) His subjects rebel.

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

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

8. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Feminine nature.
(b) Prophetic arts.
(c) Karmic revisitation of sins.
(d) Divine inspiration.

9. What does Leeming say places and objects are associated with in myth?
(a) The immanence of fate.
(b) The ordinariness of objects
(c) Sacred properties.
(d) Transcendence.

10. How did King Arthur assume the throne?
(a) He killed his father and married his mother.
(b) He worked as a woman for 12 years.
(c) He pulled the sword from the stone.
(d) He killed the usurper who had taken his father's life.

11. At Oedipus' birth, what did the oracle predict Oedipus would do?
(a) Institute an age of peace.
(b) Found a new country.
(c) Discover medicines.
(d) Kill his father and marry his mother.

12. What is the temple at Delphi a microcosm for in Leeming's account?
(a) The city.
(b) The Olympic temples.
(c) The universe.
(d) The heavens.

13. What does Leeming say the Tree of Knowledge in the Hebraic myth foreshadows?
(a) The loss of the Holy Land.
(b) The apotheosis of Christ.
(c) The return to the Holy Land.
(d) The cross of Christ.

14. What finally created the human baby in the Water Jar Boy myth?
(a) The flowers turned into a baby.
(b) The water jar the girl gave birth to broke.
(c) The water jar was filled with water.
(d) The water jar turned into a boy.

15. What qualities does Leeming say Hercules shares with many heroes?
(a) He was mortally threatened at a young age and lived to overcome danger.
(b) He was childlike but wise.
(c) He did not have control over his impulses, but he was very strong and honest.
(d) He was a buffoon but he was put to use in dangerous tasks.