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

2. What element does Leeming say the Water Jar Boy myth contains?
(a) Death by water.
(b) Redemption by penance.
(c) The search for the father.
(d) Creation from nothing.

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

4. Where does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave derive their sanctity?
(a) Their relationship with the Great Mother.
(b) Their darkness.
(c) Their remoteness from daily human experience.
(d) Their special and different set of rules.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

2. What does Leeming say the city represents in myth?

3. How does Leeming describe the sanctity of the garden, grove, and cave?

4. What symbols in churches does Leeming say represent the Great Mother?

5. Which is not an example of a sacred mountain in Leeming's account?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the myth of Oedipus?

2. What does Leeming say the Mountain represents in myth?

3. What does Leeming say about the importance of death and resurrection in hero stories?

4. What is significant in the story of Teiresias, in Leeming's description?

5. What parallels does Leeming say in the Aboriginal myth of the Pleiades?

6. What does Leeming say the fall of a city represents?

7. What significance does Leeming attribute to rocks in myth?

8. How does Leeming describe the hero Herakles?

9. What significance does Leeming attribute to places and objects?

10. How does Leeming describe the myth of King Arthur?

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