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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Sections 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Byron say a sculptor should do in the epigraph to Part 4?
(a) Exceed his model.
(b) Capture his model.
(c) Perfect his model.
(d) Leave some flaw by which the work could be distinguished from the model.

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

3. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?
(a) Kathenotheism.
(b) Monotheism.
(c) Pantheism.
(d) Atheism.

4. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?
(a) Karma.
(b) Prajapati.
(c) Darsan.
(d) Afghanistani.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what use did Romans put sculpture according to Boorstin?

3. Why are Muslims prohibited from making lasting images of human figures according to Boorstin?

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

5. For what was God cutting rods, in the quote from Martin Luther that opens Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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