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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 each place or object has in myth?
(a) An archetypal significance.
(b) Dual meanings.
(c) Unconscious significance.
(d) Possible significance.

2. What does Leeming say the stories of heroes who return or are reborn signify?
(a) The nature of metaphor.
(b) The deathlessness of the imagination.
(c) The impossibility of transcendence.
(d) The presence of something beyond the mortal world.

3. Which is not an example of a sacred mountain in Leeming's account?
(a) Mount Everest.
(b) Mount Olympus.
(c) Mount Ararat.
(d) Mount Sinai.

4. What does Leeming say heroes like Karna and Buddha have because of their miraculous births?
(a) Multiple languages.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Pure hearts.
(d) Adult qualities, even in their innocence.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Leeming say Buddha was conceived?

3. How did King Arthur assume the throne?

4. What qualities does Leeming say Hercules shares with many heroes?

5. What does Leeming mean by the term 'monomyth'?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the hero Herakles?

2. How does Leeming describe the myth of Moses?

3. What significance does Leeming attribute to Delphi?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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