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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Leeming say the oldest myth refers?
(a) Oceans where life first developed.
(b) Caves where men are reunited with the earth.
(c) Plains where men sow seeds that unite earth and water.
(d) Primeval gathering places or mounds that become fused with the sun.

2. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?
(a) 1500-1200 BCE.
(b) 1800-1500 BCE.
(c) 2200-2000 BCE.
(d) 3000-2200 BCE.

3. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?
(a) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(b) Destroying an experimental form of humankind.
(c) As a punishment for sins against the gods.
(d) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.

4. How does Leeming describe Hopi culture?
(a) As patriarchal.
(b) As communal.
(c) As matrilineal.
(d) As warlike.

5. What does Leeming say the flood represents as a metaphor?
(a) The cleansing effect of death on culture.
(b) Extreme guilt washing away with forgiveness.
(c) The unconscious before experiencing rebirth.
(d) The clean feeling after admitting wrong.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Leeming say the struggle among gods in the Egyptian pantheon is a metaphor?

2. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?

3. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?

4. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?

5. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?

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