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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 serpents that devoured the character who warned the Trojans not to accept the Greeks' wooden horse?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Ares.
(d) Poseidon.

2. How does Leeming describe Antigone's quest?
(a) As a fulfillment of prophecy.
(b) As a fight against patriarchal culture.
(c) As an attempt to repent parental sins.
(d) As an attempt to express her human nature.

3. To whom does Leeming say the Egyptian god Isis corresponds in the Greek pantheon?
(a) Demeter.
(b) Athena.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Hera.

4. What does Leeming say dominates all myths?
(a) The concept of redemption.
(b) The concept of God and Goddess.
(c) The concept of justice in the universe.
(d) The concept of creation from nothing.

5. What creation myth does Leeming say modern people favor?
(a) The Big Bang.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Creation ex nihilo.
(d) Intelligent design.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leeming say the Supreme Being represents?

2. When were the hieroglyphs made that contain the oldest myth Leeming cites?

3. What does Leeming say the stories of heroes who return or are reborn signify?

4. What does Leeming say Oedipus was on a quest for?

5. What does Leeming say that Galahad found in the Chapel Perilous?

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