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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 world originates in the Christian creation myth?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Itself.
(c) Language.
(d) God.

2. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?
(a) Enuma Elish.
(b) Gilgamesh.
(c) The Gaia hypothesis.
(d) Re or Atun.

3. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically female.
(b) That they are typically linear narratives.
(c) That they are typically allegorical.
(d) That they are typically moral.

4. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?
(a) Creation and nourishment.
(b) Self-fulfillment.
(c) Craft and teaching.
(d) Death and resurrection.

5. What does Leeming say about the birth of God?
(a) Leeming says that gods are born from almost everything in existence.
(b) Leeming says that gods can only be born of virgins.
(c) Leeming says that there is only one God, and he was born of the Virgin Mary.
(d) Leeming says that in almost every myth, God is born of a holy Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?

2. What does Leeming say Horus represents, in the Egyptian pantheon?

3. How does Leeming say earth religions still worship the Great Mother?

4. When does Leeming say the older Genesis text was likely composed?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Indian creation myth.

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

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

4. How does Leeming define the cosmic myth?

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

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

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

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

9. Where does Leeming say the figures of Supreme Beings came from in myths?

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

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