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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leeming say happened when the Greek soldiers came out of the wooden horse and captured Troy?
(a) The gigantomachy was avenged.
(b) Greek enemies everywhere lost hope.
(c) The cosmos was turned to chaos.
(d) A new age of the world was initiated.

2. What does Leeming say the sword represents in the King Arthur and Theseus myths?
(a) A hand.
(b) Insight.
(c) A phallus.
(d) Political power.

3. What does Leeming say most myths are like in their nature?
(a) Artistic.
(b) Playful.
(c) Political.
(d) Religious.

4. How does Leeming say Buddha was conceived?
(a) He created himself through his mother's dreams.
(b) He was conceived by the sky god.
(c) He was conceived first as a snake.
(d) He was a normal human baby.

5. What does Leeming mean by the term 'monomyth'?
(a) The single identity of all heroes.
(b) The persistence of the collective unconscious across cultures.
(c) The commonality of elements in all myths.
(d) The tendency of most hero stories to follow one pattern.

6. In Leeming's account, why are temples and cities founded on mountains?
(a) Because they gain status when devotees have to bring water and food.
(b) Because can see the weather and visitors coming.
(c) Because they can be defended better there.
(d) Because they are closest to the Supreme Being there.

7. Who attempted to convince the Trojans to accept the wooden horse?
(a) Sinon.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Agamemnon.
(d) Admetus.

8. What does Leeming say the rocks in the stories of Jesus, Arthur, Mithras, and Isaac represent?
(a) The immanence of transcendence.
(b) A bridge between death and resurrection.
(c) A link to the Great Mother.
(d) The permanence of fate.

9. What does Leeming say places and objects are associated with in myth?
(a) Transcendence.
(b) The ordinariness of objects
(c) The immanence of fate.
(d) Sacred properties.

10. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?
(a) Because the tree is the heart of so many of men's tools.
(b) Because the tree loses its leaves but grows them back.
(c) Because the tree can provide for so many needs.
(d) Because the sacred tree's roots reach to the center of the earth.

11. What does Leeming say each place or object has in myth?
(a) An archetypal significance.
(b) Unconscious significance.
(c) Dual meanings.
(d) Possible significance.

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

13. What was Hiawatha's quest?
(a) Fending off monsters.
(b) Finding a holy cup.
(c) Freeing her parents.
(d) Fleeing her uncle.

14. Why does Leeming say the hero sometimes refuses the quest?
(a) Because they do not want to be heroes.
(b) Because they are afraid.
(c) Because they distrust their mission.
(d) Because of a sense of unworthiness.

15. What does Leeming say the labyrinth represents?
(a) The journey into the unknown.
(b) The hidden murderous nature of man.
(c) The dangers of inexperience.
(d) The intricate nature of creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leeming say Moses was called?

2. What is the temple at Delphi a microcosm for in Leeming's account?

3. How does Leeming describe Delphi?

4. What does Leeming say Jesus and Quetzalcoatl have in common?

5. What does Leeming say the Tree of Knowledge in the Hebraic myth foreshadows?

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