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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11: Sections 61-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did William Henry Fox Talbot discover?
(a) A process for capturing sharp contrasts between black and white on photographic film.
(b) A process for using silver nitrate to make copies.
(c) A process for retouching negatives.
(d) A process for capturing images on glass.

2. What was the subject of Monet's art?
(a) Nature.
(b) His own perceptions.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Human figures.

3. Advances in what field made it possible for calligraphy to be an art in Chinese culture according to Boorstin?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Trade.
(c) Paper making.
(d) Literacy.

4. What tradition did the Christian church follow in its churches?
(a) Greek temples.
(b) Jewish synagogues.
(c) Northern forests.
(d) Roman temples.

5. To what condition does art aspire according to Pater's epigraph for Part 9?
(a) Science.
(b) Religion.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Boorstin say men had to struggle in order to believe in the power of human creativity?

2. What is a dithyramb?

3. What did the dithyramb and its derivatives do in Greek history?

4. Why did Dickens leave the public sphere?

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

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