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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 European cathedrals are thought to represent?
(a) The light of inspiration.
(b) The rock on which the church exists.
(c) The body of Christ on a horizontal plane.
(d) The thoughts of God.

2. What tale does Leeming describe as the epitome of the story of the loss of genitals?
(a) The story of Medea.
(b) The story of Teiresias.
(c) The story of the Argonauts.
(d) The story of the Water Jar Boy.

3. Where does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave derive their sanctity?
(a) Their special and different set of rules.
(b) Their relationship with the Great Mother.
(c) Their darkness.
(d) Their remoteness from daily human experience.

4. What idea does Leeming say that icons within churches often reinforce?
(a) The idea of marriage.
(b) The idea of inspiration.
(c) The idea of eternity.
(d) The idea of order.

5. What does Leeming mean by the term 'monomyth'?
(a) The single identity of all heroes.
(b) The tendency of most hero stories to follow one pattern.
(c) The persistence of the collective unconscious across cultures.
(d) The commonality of elements in all myths.

6. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?
(a) He heard an angel.
(b) The burning bush.
(c) He saw God's backside.
(d) The ten commandments.

7. 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.

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

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

10. Where does Leeming say Jerusalem represents?
(a) The Kingdom of God.
(b) The origin of the world.
(c) The navel of the universe.
(d) The City on the Hill.

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

12. How does Leeming describe Antigone's quest?
(a) As a fulfillment of prophecy.
(b) As a fight against patriarchal culture.
(c) As an attempt to repent parental sins.
(d) As an attempt to express her human nature.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Leeming say the stories of heroes who return or are reborn signify?

3. How old was Joan of Arc when she first heart supernatural voices?

4. Whose story does Leeming cite as evidence of the story of the fall of a great city?

5. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?

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