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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8, Sections 41-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What becomes harder to understand in a culture that believes in one god in Boorstin's account?
(a) Death.
(b) The nature of physical matter.
(c) The origins of the universe.
(d) The existence of evil.

2. What was depicted in the first images?
(a) Men.
(b) The landscape.
(c) Animals.
(d) Abstract symbols.

3. What did the dithyramb and its derivatives do in Greek history?
(a) Glorify Greece.
(b) Explore the territories around Greece.
(c) Define Greek metaphysics.
(d) Provide a foundation for mathematical logic.

4. How does Boorstin characterize the Decameron?
(a) Chaste.
(b) Sacred.
(c) Panoramic.
(d) Autobiographical.

5. What does Boorstin see in men making images of men?
(a) Self-discovery.
(b) The beginning of language.
(c) The beginning of religion.
(d) Consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say man discovered in Section 24: The Birth of the Spectator?

2. What did Bondone create according to Boorstin?

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

4. What does Chaucer say in the epigraph to Part 8?

5. What was Boccaccio's inspiration for the Decameron?

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