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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. What does Leeming say myths describe with regard to individuals relating to the Supreme Being?
(a) Myths describe the irreconcilable split that divides humans from 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 innate unity of each individual with the Supreme Being.

2. How do the Greeks explain the presence of winter?
(a) Zeus bans fertility.
(b) Demeter mourns for her daughter.
(c) Hades conquers earth.
(d) Hera goes away on a trip.

3. What evidence does Leeming cite that suggests the presence of whites in Africa?
(a) Bumba speaks a foreign language.
(b) Bumba has new ways of doing things.
(c) Bumba subjugates other tribes.
(d) Bumba is white.

4. What does Leeming say is important about dying gods?
(a) Dying gods explain the seasons.
(b) Dying gods let cultures experience death and resurrection.
(c) Dying gods protect humans from their feelings about death.
(d) Dying gods give men reasons to go to war.

5. How does Leeming describe the Greek people's pantheon?
(a) As a nationalization of local gods.
(b) As a system of checks and balances.
(c) As a divine family.
(d) As a set of gods cobbled together into a narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say was the natural phenomenon at the heart of the Egyptian religion?

2. The first recorded creation myth was part myth and part what else?

3. For what does Leeming say the gods are metaphors?

4. When does Leeming say the Greek pantheon was adapted to Roman religion?

5. What problem or question does Leeming say cultures were addressing in cosmogonies?

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