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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 does Leeming say ancient cultures realized through cosmogonies?
(a) That culture survives the deaths of its members.
(b) That death is ubiquitous in life.
(c) That the Great Mother makes all life possible.
(d) That the world's spirit pervades all forms.

2. How many gods and goddesses comprised the Greek pantheon?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 12.

3. How does Leeming describe the trickster gods?
(a) As half-goat.
(b) As male and promiscuous.
(c) As young and unmarried.
(d) As gods of craft as well.

4. Where does Leeming say the Greek name Zeus comes from?
(a) The Persian for power.
(b) The Sumerian for death.
(c) The Sanskrit for light or day.
(d) The Egyptian for thunder.

5. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Identity.
(d) Power.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the end goal of human development in Hopi myth, in Leeming's account?

2. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

3. What does Leeming say each place or object has in myth?

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

5. What evidence does Leeming cite that suggests the presence of whites in Africa?

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