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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Boorstin say Muslims see creativity?

3. What does Boorstin say Paleolithic man discovered in making images?

4. When did men begin to make images of themselves?

5. What does the dome of the Pantheon proclaim according to Boorstin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Boorstin describe the birth of prose?

2. How does Boorstin characterize Shakespeare's role in the development of imaginative works?

3. What contribution did the Egyptians make in building the pyramids?

4. What innovation did Dante introduce to Western culture?

5. How does Boorstin describe the birth of hymns?

6. What does Boorstin say is the importance of megaliths?

7. How does Boorstin describe the Hindu contribution to imaginative culture?

8. What was St. Augustine's contribution to imaginative culture according to Boorstin?

9. How does Boorstin characterize the Gothic style of art?

10. What was Boccaccio's contribution to Western culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the differences between men and women figure in Boorstin's book? What kind of creativity, and what forms are appropriate to each? What are the essential differences according to Boorstin? What underlying symmetries or similarities are there?

Essay Topic 2

Modern times are often described as either the summit of individual expression or the fragmentation of culture--but these are opposing concepts, and the opposition is always a tricky territory to navigate. How does Boorstin render these two trends, how does he reconcile them, and how does he account for the sense some people have that modern culture is a catastrophe from the perspective of the family or community?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the hero of The Creators? Is there one person or figure who emerges? How does Boorstin distribute the focus among so many artists without dissipating the effect of his work? What characteristic work or decision defines the hero in The Creators?

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