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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 is cosmogony?
(a) Myth of creation.
(b) Myth of beautification.
(c) Myth of the end of time.
(d) Myth of the beginning of humanity.

2. How does Leeming define cosmology?
(a) The scientific study of the universal order.
(b) The study of the history of the heavens.
(c) The study of the structure of the universe.
(d) The study of beauty aids.

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

4. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 1200 CE.
(b) 1550 BCE.
(c) 2134 BCE.
(d) 1400 CE.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the flood was for in Mayan culture?

2. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?

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

4. In Leeming's account, how did the Hopi create their creation myth?

5. Where did the first creation story Leeming cites come from?

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