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

2. What does Leeming say the city represents in myth?

3. What time of year does the time when heroes are born correspond to?

4. What does Leeming say European temples are meant to represent?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Leeming define the term monomyth?

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

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

5. How does Leeming describe the myth of Gilgamesh?

6. How does Leeming describe the significance of the city in myth?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between a myth and a legend or fairy tale? Cite examples from The World of Myth to support your answer.

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

Describe a myth that is alive and being told today, in your culture. What are its metaphorical meanings? What mystery does the myth put you in the presence of? How does it balance abstract and physical or imaginative and real attributes?

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