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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 sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?
(a) The burning bush.
(b) He saw God's backside.
(c) The ten commandments.
(d) He heard an angel.

2. What does Leeming say the temple at Delphi represents?
(a) Feminine nature.
(b) Prophetic arts.
(c) Divine inspiration.
(d) Karmic revisitation of sins.

3. What does Leeming say the story of the Pleiades typically illustrates?
(a) The persecution of a group of women.
(b) The light that comes out of darkness.
(c) The interrelationships of sisters.
(d) The female principle that only shows itself out of the corner of your eye.

4. What happened after Moses refused the call to his quest?
(a) He was converted.
(b) He was threatened.
(c) He was swallowed by a whale.
(d) He lost everything he owned.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What qualities does Leeming say Hercules shares with many heroes?

2. Why does Leeming say trees are often sacred symbols?

3. How does Leeming say the Greeks thought of Delphi?

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

5. What does Leeming say beckoned to King Arthur's knights?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What significance does Leeming attribute to the labyrinth in myth?

4. What traits does Leeming describe in heroes?

5. What mythic significance does Leeming say European cathedrals have?

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

7. Where does Leeming see images of the Great Mother in cathedrals?

8. How does Leeming describe the fall of Troy?

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

10. How does Leeming describe the myth of Oedipus?

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