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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?
(a) How the universe was developed.
(b) The creation of humankind.
(c) The fall from the state of perfection or grace.
(d) Explanation of natural phenomena.

2. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?
(a) He heard an angel.
(b) He saw God's backside.
(c) The ten commandments.
(d) The burning bush.

3. Who does Leeming say introduced monotheism to Egyptian culture?
(a) Osiris.
(b) Akhenaton.
(c) Re.
(d) Isis.

4. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?
(a) The question of how life forms evolved and differentiated.
(b) The question of how man rose to the summit of power over nature.
(c) The question of birth from nothing.
(d) The question of why men are stronger than women are.

5. How does Leeming describe cosmogonies?
(a) As sacramental.
(b) As prophetic.
(c) As ritual.
(d) As nostalgic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Leeming say parallels the serpent in the Christian garden in the Norse pantheon?

2. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?

3. How does Leeming say Buddha was conceived?

4. What does Leeming say urged the Buddha into action?

5. What does Leeming say Cuchulain had upon his birth?

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