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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. How does Leeming say the Zeus and Hera represented humanity in Greek culture?
(a) In a realistic yet skeptical portrait.
(b) In an essentializing portrait.
(c) In an idealized portrait of man and wife.
(d) In a caricature of male and female spirits.

2. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?
(a) The question of how life forms evolved and differentiated.
(b) The question of how man rose to the summit of power over nature.
(c) The question of why men are stronger than women are.
(d) The question of birth from nothing.

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

4. Whose behavior does Leeming say explains the behavior of the Olympian gods in the Greek pantheon?
(a) The Greek ruling class'.
(b) The Etruscans'.
(c) The Egyptians'.
(d) The Persians'.

5. How does Leeming say the Supreme Being is frequently characterized?
(a) As a thunderbolt.
(b) As the earth.
(c) As a snake.
(d) As the sun.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Leeming say introduced monotheism to Egyptian culture?

4. What does Leeming say the flood represents as a metaphor?

5. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Mesopotamian creation myth.

2. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

3. Describe the Hopi creation myth.

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

5. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon?

6. How does Leeming describe the Norse pantheon?

7. How does Leeming describe the Egyptian pantheon?

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

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

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

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