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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. Where does Leeming say the Great Mother began to play a role over time?
(a) In primitive culture.
(b) In folklore.
(c) In industrial religion.
(d) In modern art.

2. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 2134 BCE.
(b) 1550 BCE.
(c) 1400 CE.
(d) 1200 CE.

3. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?
(a) As a metaphor for maturity.
(b) As a metaphor for birth.
(c) As a metaphor for storytelling.
(d) As a metaphor for history.

4. Who is Frigg, in the Norse pantheon?
(a) The earth mother.
(b) Odin's wife.
(c) The goddess of the hunt.
(d) The goddess of cultivation.

5. What does Leeming say dominates all myths?
(a) The concept of justice in the universe.
(b) The concept of God and Goddess.
(c) The concept of redemption.
(d) The concept of creation from nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming say the Greek pantheon differs from other pantheons?

2. What does Leeming say the Egyptian pantheon is centered on?

3. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?

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

5. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon?

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

3. Who are the primary gods in the Egyptian pantheon?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the Christian creation myth.

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

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

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