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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9, Sections 47-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the orchestra change in the fifteenth century according to Boorstin?
(a) They swelled to unprecedented size.
(b) Instruments were grouped into families.
(c) Composers began to employ new forms of harmony and dissonance.
(d) Conductors were introduced to coordinate parts.

2. What does Boorstin say man seeks in making art?
(a) Gain.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Rebellion against God.
(d) Fame.

3. What does Boorstin say is the difference between tragedy and comedy?
(a) Tragedy dealt with long-ago events, comedy with the present.
(b) Tragedy ended in death, comedy in marriage.
(c) Tragedy was for intimate gatherings, comedy for large audiences.
(d) Tragedy dealt with kings, comedy with commoners.

4. Into what did Boethius want to inject Greek wisdom?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Technology.
(c) Politics.
(d) Architecture.

5. What is the source of the epigraph that opens The Creators?
(a) Jain Sacred text.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Rig Veda.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Boorstin characterize the Decameron?

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

3. Out of what did Milton create poetry in Boorstin's account?

4. What does Boorstin say Milton wrote after Comus and Lycidas?

5. What did Confucius say comprised wisdom?

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