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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?
(a) The burning bush.
(b) He saw God's backside.
(c) The ten commandments.
(d) He heard an angel.

2. How does Leeming describe the significance of the city?
(a) It depends on agriculture, but does not grow anything.
(b) It is an expression of the divine plan.
(c) It is humanity's stand against chaos.
(d) It is a microcosm for the social universe.

3. What does Leeming say the rocks in the stories of Jesus, Arthur, Mithras, and Isaac represent?
(a) A link to the Great Mother.
(b) The permanence of fate.
(c) A bridge between death and resurrection.
(d) The immanence of transcendence.

4. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Feminine nature.
(b) Prophetic arts.
(c) Karmic revisitation of sins.
(d) Divine inspiration.

5. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?
(a) As male and promiscuous.
(b) As young and unmarried.
(c) As half-goat.
(d) As gods of craft as well.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an ontological reason for myth?

2. What is a teleological reason for myth?

3. What forms does Leeming say the heroes' guides will take?

4. Whose advice did the Trojans ignore when they decided to accept the Greeks' wooden horse?

5. What does Leeming say most myths are like in their nature?

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