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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 12, Sections 68-70 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fear did St. Ambrose's creation allay?
(a) Of unseemly literature entering the church canon.
(b) Of drabness in church literature.
(c) Of buildings that rendered prayer impossible.
(d) Of unsuitable music entering the church.

2. Whom does Boorstin say was the first biographer?
(a) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Benjamin Franklin.
(d) James Boswell.

3. What mystery does Boorstin say Joyce recreated?
(a) The mystery of love.
(b) The mystery of art.
(c) The mystery of history.
(d) The mystery of nationalism.

4. What history did Prescott and Parkman write?
(a) Of European conquest of Native Americans.
(b) Of the literary accomplishments Europeans brought to America.
(c) Of the future unification of mankind.
(d) Of the coming technological changes in Western culture.

5. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?
(a) Not to answer.
(b) To refer all questions to sacred texts.
(c) To meditate but not to settle for any answer.
(d) To trust whatever the heart says.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Dionysus the god according to Boorstin?

2. From what two ways of looking at things did Pablo Picasso free western culture in Boorstin's account?

3. What did Greeks discover through drama according to Boorstin?

4. What did Bondone create according to Boorstin?

5. Why did Dickens leave the public sphere?

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