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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a teleological reason for myth?
(a) To understand the origins of existence.
(b) To compensate for the loss of instinct.
(c) To understand the nature of language.
(d) To understand the cause and purpose of existence.

2. When was the Book of the Dead made?
(a) 2134 BCE.
(b) 1200 CE.
(c) 1550 BCE.
(d) 1400 CE.

3. What does Leeming say Isis is the goddess of?
(a) The hearth.
(b) Crossroads.
(c) Birth.
(d) The earth and moon.

4. Whom does Leeming say parallels the serpent in the Christian garden in the Norse pantheon?
(a) Odin.
(b) Loki.
(c) Thor.
(d) Hel.

5. What psychological experience does Leeming say is central to cosmogonies?
(a) The rise of nationalism from tribalism.
(b) The rise of industry from crafts.
(c) The rise of consciousness from unconsciousness.
(d) The rise of technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose child is Horus, in the Egyptian pantheon?

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

3. Where does Leeming say the Great Mother began to play a role over time?

4. Where does Leeming say the Greek name Zeus comes from?

5. How does Leeming say the Greek pantheon differs from other pantheons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Hopi creation myth.

2. How does Leeming define a "cosmogony" and what kinds of stories are contained in cosmogonies?

3. What contribution does Leeming say Hesiod made to Greek creation myths?

4. How does Leeming describe the Norse pantheon?

5. What does Leeming say the Great Mother represents?

6. How does Leeming describe the Greek pantheon as a family?

7. Describe the Christian creation myth.

8. How does Leeming say that pantheons can be described?

9. How does Leeming define the gods?

10. What relationship does Leeming describe between politics and religion in the myths of the Egyptian pantheon?

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