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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 tale does Leeming describe as the epitome of the story of the loss of genitals?
(a) The story of Medea.
(b) The story of Teiresias.
(c) The story of the Argonauts.
(d) The story of the Water Jar Boy.

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

3. What does Leeming say the stone represents in the King Arthur and Theseus myths?
(a) Matter.
(b) A womb.
(c) The populace.
(d) Fate.

4. What does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave can be ideal places for?
(a) Withdrawal for meditation.
(b) Murders and secret rites.
(c) Political plots and coups.
(d) Love affairs.

5. At Oedipus' birth, what did the oracle predict Oedipus would do?
(a) Found a new country.
(b) Institute an age of peace.
(c) Kill his father and marry his mother.
(d) Discover medicines.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forms does Leeming say the heroes' guides will take?

2. What time of year does the time when heroes are born correspond to?

3. Where does Leeming say Jerusalem represents?

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

5. How does Leeming say the hero's quest typically begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What significance does Leeming attribute to rocks in myth?

3. How does Leeming define the hero?

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

5. How does Leeming describe the story of Joan of Arc?

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

7. What traits does Leeming describe in heroes?

8. What significance does Leeming attribute to places and objects?

9. When does Leeming say that heroes tend to be born?

10. How does Leeming define the term monomyth?

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