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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 say the hero does with the things the hero attains in heroic feats?
(a) Share them with the people.
(b) Found new nations.
(c) Redeem sinners.
(d) Renew culture from death.

2. What does Leeming say the Aboriginal myth of the Pleiades resembles?
(a) The Native American myth of the seven sisters.
(b) The Sumerian myth of the huntress.
(c) The Norse myth of the apocalypse.
(d) The Greek tale of the priestesses of Artemis being turned into stars.

3. What does Leeming say beckoned to King Arthur's knights?
(a) The burning bush.
(b) The maid of the lake.
(c) God's angel Gabriel.
(d) The Holy Grail.

4. What does Leeming say the rocks in the stories of Jesus, Arthur, Mithras, and Isaac represent?
(a) A bridge between death and resurrection.
(b) The permanence of fate.
(c) A link to the Great Mother.
(d) The immanence of transcendence.

5. Who sent the angel who called Moses to his quest?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Yahweh.
(c) Noah.
(d) Rachel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming say the Greeks thought of Delphi?

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

3. What tale does Leeming describe as the epitome of the story of the loss of genitals?

4. What does Leeming say the story of the Pleiades typically illustrates?

5. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does Leeming attribute to the labyrinth in myth?

2. What does Leeming say about the importance of death and resurrection in hero stories?

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

4. What does Leeming say the Mountain represents in myth?

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

6. How does Leeming describe the myth of Moses?

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

8. What does Leeming see places and objects as metaphors for?

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

10. How does Leeming describe the myth of Gilgamesh?

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