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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened after Moses refused the call to his quest?
(a) He was swallowed by a whale.
(b) He lost everything he owned.
(c) He was threatened.
(d) He was converted.

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

4. Which is not an example of a sacred mountain in Leeming's account?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) Mount Ararat.
(c) Mount Sinai.
(d) Mount Olympus.

5. What does Leeming say the loss of genitals represents in myth?
(a) Gaining second sight.
(b) Planting a seed in the womb of the Great Mother.
(c) Domination by ideas.
(d) Loss of a culture's integrity.

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

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

8. Whose advice did the Trojans ignore when they decided to accept the Greeks' wooden horse?
(a) Helen's.
(b) Hector's.
(c) Priam's.
(d) Laocoön's.

9. What was Hiawatha's quest?
(a) Freeing her parents.
(b) Fleeing her uncle.
(c) Finding a holy cup.
(d) Fending off monsters.

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

11. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?
(a) Because they do not want to be heroes.
(b) Because they are afraid.
(c) Because they distrust their mission.
(d) Because of a sense of unworthiness.

12. What symbols in churches does Leeming say represent the Great Mother?
(a) Pillars.
(b) Baptismal fonts.
(c) Flying buttresses.
(d) Stained glass windows.

13. What does Leeming say heroes like Karna and Buddha have because of their miraculous births?
(a) Multiple languages.
(b) Pure hearts.
(c) Adult qualities, even in their innocence.
(d) Wisdom.

14. What does Leeming say the chasm at Delphi gives access to?
(a) Pan's secrets.
(b) Loki's powers.
(c) Mother Earth's womb.
(d) The fates' prophecies.

15. What does Leeming say the city represents in myth?
(a) Order and law.
(b) Corruption and commerce.
(c) Femininity and nourishment.
(d) Confusion and society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave can be ideal places for?

2. How does Leeming define the hero?

3. Where does Leeming say Moses was called?

4. How does Leeming say Krishna is seen in Indian culture?

5. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

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