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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 define gods?
(a) They are immortal beings who personify the transcendence of the laws of nature.
(b) They are manifestations of the collective unconscious.
(c) They are projections of human dreams into enduring characters.
(d) They are metaphors for human experiences.

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

3. What is a teleological reason for myth?
(a) To understand the origins of existence.
(b) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(c) To understand the cause and purpose of existence.
(d) To understand the nature of language.

4. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?
(a) Rite of passage.
(b) Wedding ode.
(c) Celebration of the high Marduk.
(d) Funeral dirge.

5. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) 1800-1500 BCE.
(b) 2200-2000 BCE.
(c) 1500-1200 BCE.
(d) 3000-2200 BCE.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?

2. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?

3. What does Leeming say dominates all myths?

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

5. When were the Coffin Texts made?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Leeming define the gods?

4. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon?

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

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

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

8. How does Leeming describe the Norse pantheon?

9. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

10. How does Leeming say the figure of the trickster?

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