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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 the third-eye represent in Hindu art?
(a) The ability of special men to see beyond physical sight.
(b) Man's self-awareness.
(c) Ancestors watching over people.
(d) The vision men share with the gods.

2. What does Boorstin say Moses introduced into Western culture?
(a) The idea of a single omnipotent creator.
(b) The idea of human sacrifice.
(c) The idea of original sin.
(d) The notion of eternal reoccurrence.

3. How did the ideal human figure shift from Egypt to Greece?
(a) It became monstrous.
(b) It became more formal.
(c) It became more natural.
(d) It became more ideal.

4. When did men begin to make images of themselves?
(a) Middle Paleolithic period.
(b) Early Paleolithic period.
(c) Upper Paleolithic period.
(d) Mesolithic period.

5. Why does Confucius say that it is impossible for men to serve the spirits?
(a) Because the spirits do not exist.
(b) Because they cannot trust the sanctity of any texts.
(c) Because the ways of serving the spirits have all been forgotten.
(d) Because they don't know how to serve each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?

2. What becomes harder to understand in a culture that believes in one god in Boorstin's account?

3. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?

4. What does Boorstin say upturned stones signify?

5. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?

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