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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 mean by the term 'monomyth'?
(a) The single identity of all heroes.
(b) The tendency of most hero stories to follow one pattern.
(c) The persistence of the collective unconscious across cultures.
(d) The commonality of elements in all myths.

2. What symbols in churches does Leeming say represent the Great Mother?
(a) Flying buttresses.
(b) Stained glass windows.
(c) Pillars.
(d) Baptismal fonts.

3. What idea does Leeming say that icons within churches often reinforce?
(a) The idea of marriage.
(b) The idea of order.
(c) The idea of inspiration.
(d) The idea of eternity.

4. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?
(a) Because the sacred tree's roots reach to the center of the earth.
(b) Because the tree can provide for so many needs.
(c) Because the tree is the heart of so many of men's tools.
(d) Because the tree loses its leaves but grows them back.

5. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Divine inspiration.
(b) Prophetic arts.
(c) Karmic revisitation of sins.
(d) Feminine nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is not an example of a sacred mountain in Leeming's account?

2. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?

3. What does Leeming say the hero attains in heroic feats?

4. What opposition does Leeming say King Arthur faced in assuming his quest?

5. What does Leeming say that mountain represents as a sacred place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does Leeming attribute to Delphi?

2. What does Leeming say the fall of a city represents?

3. Where does Leeming see images of the Great Mother in cathedrals?

4. What significance does Leeming attribute to trees in myth?

5. What is significant in the story of Teiresias, in Leeming's description?

6. How does Leeming describe the significance of Jerusalem?

7. How does Leeming define the term monomyth?

8. How does Leeming define the hero?

9. How does Leeming describe the hero Herakles?

10. How does Leeming describe the myth of Gilgamesh?

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