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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Leeming say the flood represents as a metaphor?
(a) The unconscious before experiencing rebirth.
(b) The clean feeling after admitting wrong.
(c) Extreme guilt washing away with forgiveness.
(d) The cleansing effect of death on culture.

3. What is the creation myth called in Mesopotamia?
(a) Re or Atun.
(b) The Gaia hypothesis.
(c) Gilgamesh.
(d) Enuma Elish.

4. How does Leeming describe the Boshongo culture?
(a) As warlike.
(b) As communal.
(c) As patrilineal.
(d) As matriarchal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the rocks in the stories of Jesus, Arthur, Mithras, and Isaac represent?

2. What does Leeming say cosmogonies represent?

3. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?

4. How did King Arthur assume the throne?

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

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