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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. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?
(a) Germany.
(b) Greece.
(c) Egypt.
(d) India.

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

3. Who was the sun god of Heliopolis?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Re or Atun.

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

5. What does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?
(a) Myths describe the innate unity of each individual with the Supreme Being.
(b) Myths describe the rules that govern redemption and grace for humans.
(c) Myths describe the state of formless perfection alongside the Supreme Being.
(d) Myths describe the irreconcilable split that divides humans from the Supreme Being.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bumba create the earth in Boshongo creation myth?

2. When were the Coffin Texts made?

3. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?

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

5. How does Leeming describe Hopi culture?

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