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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?
(a) The question of how life forms evolved and differentiated.
(b) The question of how man rose to the summit of power over nature.
(c) The question of birth from nothing.
(d) The question of why men are stronger than women are.

2. Which narrative is not an aspect of cosmogony?
(a) How the universe was developed.
(b) The fall from the state of perfection or grace.
(c) The creation of humankind.
(d) Explanation of natural phenomena.

3. Where is the first recorded creation myth from?
(a) Egypt.
(b) India.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Greece.

4. Where does Leeming say the world originates in the Christian creation myth?
(a) Itself.
(b) Chaos.
(c) Language.
(d) God.

5. From what language does the term "Cosmogony" derive?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) Greek.
(d) Urdu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?

2. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?

3. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?

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

5. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

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