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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 urged the Buddha into action?
(a) The lotus flower.
(b) A war.
(c) His parents.
(d) The four signs.

2. What tale does Leeming describe as the epitome of the story of the loss of genitals?
(a) The story of Teiresias.
(b) The story of Medea.
(c) The story of the Argonauts.
(d) The story of the Water Jar Boy.

3. From where does Leeming take the term "monomyth?"
(a) Ezra Pound.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) James Joyce.

4. At Oedipus' birth, what did the oracle predict Oedipus would do?
(a) Kill his father and marry his mother.
(b) Found a new country.
(c) Institute an age of peace.
(d) Discover medicines.

5. What does Leeming say the city represents in myth?
(a) Confusion and society.
(b) Corruption and commerce.
(c) Femininity and nourishment.
(d) Order and law.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leeming say Theseus' parents were?

2. Who tempts Gilgamesh in the myth?

3. What sign does Leeming say started Moses' myth?

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

5. How does Leeming define the hero?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does Leeming attribute to Delphi?

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

3. How does Leeming describe the hero Herakles?

4. What traits does Leeming describe in heroes?

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

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

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

8. How does Leeming describe the myth of Gilgamesh?

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

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

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