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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?

2. How does Leeming say the Zeus and Hera represented humanity in Greek culture?

3. Who does Leeming say introduced monotheism to Egyptian culture?

4. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

5. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Christian creation myth.

2. How does Leeming say the figure of the trickster?

3. Describe the first creation myth to originate in Egypt.

4. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon as a family?

5. What relationship does Leeming describe between politics and religion in the myths of the Egyptian pantheon?

6. How does Leeming address the fall from grace or perfection in creation myths?

7. Why does Leeming say that cosmogonies are predominantly feminine?

8. When does Leeming say the Egyptian creation myths were repeated?

9. Describe the Indian creation myth.

10. Who are the primary gods in the Egyptian pantheon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are heroes different from ordinary humans? Is everyone a hero at certain stages of their development, or is the hero a specific cultural response to social problems or situations? Use examples from The World of Myth to define the status of the hero relative to "ordinary" people.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast myths of the industrial or modern age with ancient or primitive myths. How are myths different in industrial times? What aspects of myths have remained the same?

Essay Topic 3

Where is Leeming most convincing and most effective as an author describing his topic? Where were you most drawn into the book and its topics, and what accounts for the interesting nature of the work?

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