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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?
(a) As young and unmarried.
(b) As gods of craft as well.
(c) As male and promiscuous.
(d) As half-goat.

3. Who does Leeming say introduced monotheism to Egyptian culture?
(a) Isis.
(b) Re.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Akhenaton.

4. How does Leeming describe cosmogonies?
(a) As ritual.
(b) As nostalgic.
(c) As sacramental.
(d) As prophetic.

5. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?
(a) As patrilineal.
(b) As warlike.
(c) As communal.
(d) As matriarchal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

2. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?

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

4. What does Leeming say was the central organizing principle of the Christian Creation myth?

5. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Hopi creation myth.

2. Describe the Mesopotamian creation myth.

3. Describe the first creation myth to originate in Egypt.

4. How does Leeming say the figure of the trickster?

5. How does Leeming define the gods?

6. What contribution does Leeming say Hesiod made to Greek creation myths?

7. What does Leeming say is the creation myth for modern people?

8. How do different cultures describe the Apocalypse?

9. How does Leeming address the fall from grace or perfection in creation myths?

10. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon as a family?

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