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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. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?
(a) 51 CE.
(b) 95 CE.
(c) 110 CE.
(d) 33 BCE.

2. When were creation myths repeated in the culture that created the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) During wars.
(b) During rites of passage.
(c) During weddings and births.
(d) During coronations and funerals.

3. What does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?
(a) That death is ubiquitous in life.
(b) That the world's spirit pervades all forms.
(c) That the Great Mother makes all life possible.
(d) That culture survives the deaths of its members.

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

5. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?
(a) As a divine family.
(b) As a system of checks and balances.
(c) As a nationalization of local gods.
(d) As a set of gods cobbled together into a narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What evidence does Leeming cite to argue for a single matriarch at the beginning of the Greek pantheon?

2. For what does Leeming say the gods are metaphors?

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

4. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?

5. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Hopi creation myth.

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

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

4. How does Leeming define the cosmic myth?

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

6. Describe the stages through which the Greek pantheon developed, in Leeming's account.

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

8. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

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

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

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