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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 does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?
(a) Myths describe the innate unity of each individual with the Supreme Being.
(b) Myths describe the state of formless perfection alongside the Supreme Being.
(c) Myths describe the rules that govern redemption and grace for humans.
(d) Myths describe the irreconcilable split that divides humans from the Supreme Being.

2. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?
(a) As warlike.
(b) As matriarchal.
(c) As communal.
(d) As patrilineal.

3. Where is the Norse pantheon first described in writing?
(a) Tacitus' Germania.
(b) The Elder and Younger Eddas.
(c) The Nibelungenleid.
(d) The Kalevala.

4. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Meso-American pantheon?
(a) Tlahuizcalpantechtli.
(b) Tezcatlipoca.
(c) Ehecatl.
(d) Quetzalcoatl.

5. Why mystery does Leeming address with regard to human creation?
(a) Why humans created gods to justify their discontent.
(b) Why humans fall from grace so quickly after being created by gods.
(c) Why humans see themselves as fundamentally flawed.
(d) Why humans have to go through rituals to regain grace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?

2. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?

3. Who is Frigg, in the Norse pantheon?

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

5. Who does Leeming say parallels Lucifer in the Norse pantheon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do different cultures describe the Apocalypse?

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

3. How does Leeming define the gods?

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

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

6. Describe the Christian creation myth.

7. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

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

9. How does Leeming describe the Hebrew pantheon?

10. How does Leeming describe the Norse pantheon?

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