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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. How does Leeming say the Chinese describe the flood?
(a) As an attempt to avert a war against the gods.
(b) As a way to purge a preliminary form of humanity.
(c) As a way to help cultivate the earth.
(d) As a punishment for sins against the gods.

2. What does Leeming say heroes like Karna and Buddha have because of their miraculous births?
(a) Pure hearts.
(b) Adult qualities, even in their innocence.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Multiple languages.

3. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?
(a) Manifesting the divinity on earth.
(b) Winning glory for their god.
(c) Growing into the light of the Sun God's power.
(d) Converting non-believers to the Hopi perspective.

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

5. What finally created the human baby in the Water Jar Boy myth?
(a) The water jar was filled with water.
(b) The flowers turned into a baby.
(c) The water jar the girl gave birth to broke.
(d) The water jar turned into a boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say Horus represents, in the Egyptian pantheon?

2. Where does Leeming say heroes typically find their foes?

3. What does Leeming say was the primary difference between the Greek pantheon and the Roman pantheon?

4. What does Leeming say beckoned to King Arthur's knights?

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

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