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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 is a dithyramb?
(a) A song sung in honor of the god.
(b) A monument that commemorates a sacrifice.
(c) A poem that commemorates a battle.
(d) A dance done to honor ancestors.

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

3. Of what does Stonehenge consist?
(a) An elongated cross.
(b) Two circles of stones.
(c) Numerous figures carved in chalk on hillsides.
(d) A stone temple and courtyard.

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

5. What did St. Augustine give men in City of God?
(a) An explanation of where evil came from.
(b) A direction toward God.
(c) Cycles to develop through.
(d) An end to their sufferings.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Boorstin say men had to struggle in order to believe in the power of human creativity?

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

3. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?

4. What tradition did the Christian church follow in its churches?

5. What should be the outcome of art according to the Byron epigraph?

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