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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. Where does Leeming say heroes typically find their foes?
(a) In the mountains.
(b) In their wives.
(c) In their families.
(d) In the underworld.

2. What does Leeming say the myth of Gilgamesh represents?
(a) The quest for redemption.
(b) The perfection of human language in art.
(c) The quest for eternal youth.
(d) The fulfillment of human nature in death.

3. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?
(a) Redemption by penance.
(b) Death by water.
(c) The search for the father.
(d) Creation from nothing.

4. What happened after Moses refused the call to his quest?
(a) He was converted.
(b) He was threatened.
(c) He was swallowed by a whale.
(d) He lost everything he owned.

5. What does Leeming say that Galahad found in the Chapel Perilous?
(a) Sir Lancelot and Guinevere.
(b) The Holy Grail.
(c) King Arthur.
(d) A giant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming say Buddha was conceived?

2. Whose story does Leeming cite as evidence of the story of the fall of a great city?

3. What does Leeming say European cathedrals are thought to represent?

4. What is the temple at Delphi a microcosm for in Leeming's account?

5. What does Leeming say the stone represents in the King Arthur and Theseus myths?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does Leeming attribute to Delphi?

2. How does Leeming define the hero?

3. How does Leeming describe the fall of Troy?

4. How does Leeming describe the significance of the city in myth?

5. How does Leeming describe the myth of Oedipus?

6. What parallels does Leeming say in the Aboriginal myth of the Pleiades?

7. How does Leeming define the term monomyth?

8. How does Leeming describe the myth of Gilgamesh?

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

10. How does Leeming describe the myth of Moses?

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