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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5, Sections 23-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What else did Thespis invent?
(a) The dramatic mask.
(b) The cult of Apollo.
(c) The dithyramb.
(d) The monologue.

3. What was the Romans' principal building material in Boorstin's opinion?
(a) Stone.
(b) Wood.
(c) Marble.
(d) Concrete.

4. What does Paul Valery say the artist's business is in the epigraph to Book 1?
(a) To do God's will.
(b) To free man from God.
(c) To make something out of nothing.
(d) To create gods.

5. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?
(a) That the future is full of meaningless books.
(b) That undeserving books are often remembered.
(c) That none are undeservedly remembered.
(d) That most deserve to be forgotten.

Short Answer Questions

1. What governs the relationship between mankind and Moses' God?

2. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?

3. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?

4. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?

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

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