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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. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?
(a) Wedding ode.
(b) Rite of passage.
(c) Funeral dirge.
(d) Celebration of the high Marduk.

2. How does Leeming describe the mythic concern with creation?
(a) As a metaphor for history.
(b) As a metaphor for storytelling.
(c) As a metaphor for maturity.
(d) As a metaphor for birth.

3. What other divine figure does Leeming say the main Norse god resembles?
(a) Christ.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Krishna.

4. How does Leeming say the Supreme Being is frequently characterized?
(a) As a snake.
(b) As a thunderbolt.
(c) As the sun.
(d) As the earth.

5. What does Leeming say had to happen before the Olympian gods could reign in the Greek pantheon?
(a) Humans had to offer their worship.
(b) The Olympian gods had to create humans.
(c) Two dynasties of gods had to be overthrown.
(d) The flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the New Testament book of Revelation likely composed?

2. What does Leeming say is important about dying gods?

3. Which topic does not fall under cosmology?

4. What is cosmogony?

5. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?

(see the answer key)

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