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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. Where does Leeming say the Great Mother began to play a role over time?
(a) In industrial religion.
(b) In primitive culture.
(c) In modern art.
(d) In folklore.

2. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically allegorical.
(b) That they are typically moral.
(c) That they are typically linear narratives.
(d) That they are typically female.

3. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?
(a) Growing into the light of the Sun God's power.
(b) Manifesting the divinity on earth.
(c) Converting non-believers to the Hopi perspective.
(d) Winning glory for their god.

4. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of industry from crafts.
(b) The rise of technology.
(c) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.
(d) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.

5. What does Leeming say the Hebrew creation myth was concerned with?
(a) The possibility of justice in dealings with people.
(b) The indifference of the creator to his creation.
(c) The morality of human beings.
(d) The role of humanity in the universe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?

2. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?

3. How does Leeming define gods?

4. What does Leeming say suggests a desire to escape from earthly existence?

5. What does Leeming say the Supreme Being represents?

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