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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. What does Leeming say the Hebraic people's monotheistic god focused on?
(a) The importance of proselytizing.
(b) The sublimity of God.
(c) The dangers of disobeying God.
(d) The importance of being on a mission.

2. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?
(a) Intelligent design.
(b) Creation ex nihilo.
(c) Evolution.
(d) The Big Bang.

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say was the primary difference between the Greek pantheon and the Roman pantheon?

2. How does Leeming define cosmic myth?

3. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?

4. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?

5. When does Leeming say the Greek pantheon was adapted to Roman religion?

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