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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 loss of genitals represents in myth?
(a) Planting a seed in the womb of the Great Mother.
(b) Domination by ideas.
(c) Loss of a culture's integrity.
(d) Gaining second sight.

2. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?
(a) Because of a sense of unworthiness.
(b) Because they are afraid.
(c) Because they distrust their mission.
(d) Because they do not want to be heroes.

3. What finally created the human baby in the Water Jar Boy myth?
(a) The water jar was filled with water.
(b) The flowers turned into a baby.
(c) The water jar turned into a boy.
(d) The water jar the girl gave birth to broke.

4. What is the temple at Delphi a microcosm for in Leeming's account?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The Olympic temples.
(c) The universe.
(d) The city.

5. Where does Leeming say Moses was called?
(a) The Holy Land.
(b) The Red Sea.
(c) Mecca.
(d) The desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the hero does with the things the hero attains in heroic feats?

2. What does Leeming say Jesus and Quetzalcoatl have in common?

3. What does Leeming say the fall of a city represents in myth?

4. What does Leeming say the stories of heroes who return or are reborn signify?

5. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the Water Jar Boy myth?

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

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

5. What mythic significance does Leeming say European cathedrals have?

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

7. What significance does Leeming attribute to Delphi?

8. How does Leeming describe the myth of King Arthur?

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

10. How does Leeming describe the myth of Moses?

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