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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 does Leeming say the Supreme Being is frequently characterized?
(a) As the earth.
(b) As a thunderbolt.
(c) As the sun.
(d) As a snake.

2. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.
(b) The rise of technology.
(c) The rise of industry from crafts.
(d) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.

3. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?
(a) He finds it.
(b) He vomits it.
(c) He fashions it from stone.
(d) He excretes it.

4. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?
(a) Political metaphor.
(b) Legalistic language.
(c) Prophecy of Christ.
(d) Anxiety about the Greeks' supremacy.

5. What does Leeming say the Egyptian pantheon is centered on?
(a) Death and resurrection.
(b) The balance between free will and fate.
(c) Redemption.
(d) The possibility of self-fulfillment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

2. What other divine figure does Leeming say the main Norse god resembles?

3. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?

4. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

5. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?

Short Essay Questions

1. When does Leeming say the Egyptian creation myths were repeated?

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

3. What relationship does Leeming describe between politics and religion in the myths of the Egyptian pantheon?

4. How does Leeming say that pantheons can be described?

5. Why does Leeming say that cosmogonies are predominantly feminine?

6. How does Leeming say that cultures still worship the Great Mother?

7. Describe the Hopi creation myth.

8. What stories or topics does Leeming include in the category of cosmic myths?

9. How does Leeming say the Romans altered the Greek pantheon?

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

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