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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. Who sent the angel who called Moses to his quest?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Noah.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Yahweh.

2. What does Leeming say was the natural phenomenon at the heart of the Egyptian religion?
(a) The birth of new children each generation.
(b) The expansion of the desert.
(c) The flooding of the Nile.
(d) The death of each generation.

3. What does Leeming say about cosmogonies?
(a) That they are typically female.
(b) That they are typically allegorical.
(c) That they are typically linear narratives.
(d) That they are typically moral.

4. What do the various versions of the Egyptian creation myth Leeming cites revolve around?
(a) The different names for the god.
(b) The different justifications for divine kings' rule.
(c) The competing theories for creation.
(d) The different explanations for consciousness.

5. Where does Leeming say Moses was called?
(a) The desert.
(b) The Red Sea.
(c) Mecca.
(d) The Holy Land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose story does Leeming cite as evidence of the story of the fall of a great city?

2. Who does Leeming say is the archetypal helper god in the Greco-Roman Pantheon?

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

4. What does Leeming say urged the Buddha into action?

5. What does Leeming say European cathedrals are thought to represent?

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