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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Sections 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Horace say about the escaped word in the epigraph for Part 5?
(a) That it cannot be written.
(b) That it cannot be defined.
(c) That it cannot be recalled.
(d) That it cannot be offered in prayer.

2. How did the ideal human figure shift from Egypt to Greece?
(a) It became more formal.
(b) It became more natural.
(c) It became monstrous.
(d) It became more ideal.

3. For what does Boorstin say the Pyramids were built in Egypt?
(a) Proclaiming the Egyptians' power as a people.
(b) Measuring the progress of the heavens.
(c) Challenging the gods.
(d) Housing the dead pharaohs.

4. For what was God cutting rods, in the quote from Martin Luther that opens Part 2?
(a) To use for writing.
(b) Wicked people.
(c) People who don't inquire into the world.
(d) People who ask too many questions.

5. What governs the relationship between mankind and Moses' God?
(a) Sacrifices.
(b) The fates.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) A covenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?

2. Who are the devas?

3. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?

4. What was the first literary work according to Boorstin?

5. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?

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