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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. What reconciliation does Leeming say the Greeks' creation myths described?
(a) The reconciliation between male and female principles.
(b) The reconciliation between warring brothers.
(c) The reconciliation between warring fathers and sons.
(d) The reconciliation between ancient and modern ideas.

2. Why does Leeming say cultures give human form to Supreme Beings?
(a) Because a Supreme Being protects them from the night.
(b) Because they cannot express the sublimity of existence without giving it a human face.
(c) Because humans tend to see their virtues as outlasting them.
(d) Because they do not understand anything beyond human limitations.

3. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?
(a) Myths that explain the location of different stars.
(b) Myths that define the constellations.
(c) Myths that define the order of the world.
(d) Myths that define the history of the earth.

4. Whom does Leeming say parallels the serpent in the Christian garden in the Norse pantheon?
(a) Odin.
(b) Loki.
(c) Hel.
(d) Thor.

5. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?
(a) Demeter mourns for her daughter.
(b) Hera goes away on a trip.
(c) Hades conquers earth.
(d) Zeus bans fertility.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?

2. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?

3. What does Leeming say had to happen before the Olympian gods could reign in the Greek pantheon?

4. What does Leeming say was the natural phenomenon at the heart of the Egyptian religion?

5. What does Leeming say was the primary difference between the Greek pantheon and the Roman pantheon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon?

2. How does Leeming define the gods?

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

4. Describe the Hebrew creation myth.

5. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

6. Describe the Indian creation myth.

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

8. What does Leeming say the Supreme Being represents in myths?

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

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

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