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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. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) Worship from humans.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Territory.
(d) Supremacy.

2. What does Leeming say Jesus and Quetzalcoatl have in common?
(a) They were both divine humans.
(b) They were both reborn.
(c) They were both born of virgins.
(d) They both preached love.

3. How does Leeming define gods?
(a) They are metaphors for human experiences.
(b) They are immortal beings who personify the transcendence of the laws of nature.
(c) They are manifestations of the collective unconscious.
(d) They are projections of human dreams into enduring characters.

4. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?
(a) Creation and nourishment.
(b) Self-fulfillment.
(c) Craft and teaching.
(d) Death and resurrection.

5. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?
(a) Isis and Amun.
(b) Anubis and Isis.
(c) Isis and Geb.
(d) Isis and Osiris.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?

2. What does Leeming say the Roman pantheon is rife with?

3. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?

4. What does Leeming say the myth of Gilgamesh represents?

5. How does Leeming say the hero's quest typically begins?

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