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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 opposition does Leeming say King Arthur faced in assuming his quest?
(a) Opponents believed he was not fit to reign.
(b) His knights were not worthy.
(c) His knights seduce his wife.
(d) His subjects rebel.

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

3. What does Leeming say the sword represents in the King Arthur and Theseus myths?
(a) A hand.
(b) A phallus.
(c) Political power.
(d) Insight.

4. How old was Joan of Arc when she first heart supernatural voices?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 10.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What symbols in churches does Leeming say represent the Great Mother?

2. Where does Leeming say Jerusalem represents?

3. From where does Leeming take the term "monomyth?"

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

5. What does Leeming say beckoned to King Arthur's knights?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Leeming describe the significance of Jerusalem?

3. How does Leeming describe the fall of Troy?

4. How does Leeming describe the myth of Gilgamesh?

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

6. What is the Water Jar Boy myth?

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

8. What significance does Leeming attribute to Delphi?

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

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

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