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

2. What does Leeming say the garden, grove, and cave can be ideal places for?
(a) Murders and secret rites.
(b) Political plots and coups.
(c) Love affairs.
(d) Withdrawal for meditation.

3. What does Leeming say a monomyth consists of?
(a) A single heroic identity.
(b) Elements that may or may not be acted out by each hero.
(c) A timeless framework of experiences and triumphs.
(d) A protagonist and an antagonist.

4. What does Leeming say the Norse tree of life represents?
(a) Eternity.
(b) Interconnectedness.
(c) Knowledge and Wisdom.
(d) Death and resurrection.

5. What does Leeming say Jesus and Quetzalcoatl have in common?
(a) They were both born of virgins.
(b) They were both divine humans.
(c) They were both reborn.
(d) They both preached love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what way does Leeming say that Jerusalem is an unusual city?

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

4. Who attempted to convince the Trojans to accept the wooden horse?

5. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Leeming describe the hero Herakles?

2. How does Leeming describe the fall of Troy?

3. When does Leeming say that heroes tend to be born?

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

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

6. How does Leeming say describe the most important aspect of the hero's myth?

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

8. What significance does Leeming attribute to trees in myth?

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

10. How does Leeming describe the significance of the city in myth?

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