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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11, Sections 57-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what is man split according to Emerson in the epigraph to Part 11?
(a) Half himself, half his expression.
(b) Half his history, half his opportunity.
(c) Half himself, half his spouse.
(d) Half his biology, half his spirit.

2. In what way does Boorstin say Milton was a strong individual?
(a) He invented his own mythical characters and religion.
(b) He never belonged to a sect.
(c) He exiled his children for their unconventional religious views.
(d) He did not subscribe to conventional religious views.

3. How did Benjamin Franklin innovate in the autobiographical form?
(a) His Autobiography was focused solely on himself and his family.
(b) His Autobiography introduced the success narrative.
(c) His Autobiography described his most intimate thoughts and actions.
(d) His Autobiography gave an account of his soul and sins, in addition to his relationship with God.

4. What happened to Milton before he wrote Paradise Lost?
(a) He lost his children.
(b) He nearly died.
(c) He went blind.
(d) He lost his wife.

5. How was Gibbon perceived in Boorstin's account?
(a) As a pornographic philosopher.
(b) As a leading adventure novelist.
(c) As the ultimate humanist historian.
(d) As a prophet of communism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are hieroglyphs?

3. What history did Prescott and Parkman write?

4. When did Montaigne publish his Essays?

5. What does Boorstin say man is finally learning to celebrate in Book 3?

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