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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 is eschatology?
(a) The study of fears.
(b) The study of Supreme Beings.
(c) The study of prophecies.
(d) The study of the end of time.

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

3. Where is the Norse pantheon first described in writing?
(a) The Elder and Younger Eddas.
(b) The Kalevala.
(c) Tacitus' Germania.
(d) The Nibelungenleid.

4. What does Leeming say the Great Mother personifies?
(a) The planet earth.
(b) Grains.
(c) The pains of childbirth.
(d) The process of being born.

5. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Identity.
(c) Power.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were creation myths repeated in the culture that created the oldest myth Leeming cites?

2. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?

3. Who does Leeming say is the main god in the Norse pantheon?

4. What does Leeming say gods are fighting for in the Egyptian pantheon?

5. What does Leeming say happened to the figure of the Great Mother over time?

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