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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Sections 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Philo of Alexandria's philosophy does Boorstin say determined what man could know and what he could not?
(a) Pneuma.
(b) Logos.
(c) Nomos.
(d) Techne.

2. Which kind of creation does Boorstin NOT describe in The Creators?
(a) Music.
(b) Visual arts.
(c) Literature.
(d) Technology.

3. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?
(a) The ideals of the philosophers.
(b) The symmetries in nature.
(c) The human body.
(d) The harmony of the spheres.

4. What does Boorstin say Christianity got people to see?
(a) The nature of divinity.
(b) The future.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Time as cyclical.

5. How does Boorstin say Muslims see creativity?
(a) As an echo of God's creation.
(b) As innate to human beings.
(c) As dangerous.
(d) As usurping Allah's prerogative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the source of the epigraph that opens The Creators?

2. What does Boorstin say Christianity helped man discover?

3. What does Boorstin say Moses introduced into Western culture?

4. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?

5. Why does Confucius say that it is impossible for men to serve the spirits?

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