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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11: Sections 61-63.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fear did St. Ambrose's creation allay?
(a) Of unseemly literature entering the church canon.
(b) Of unsuitable music entering the church.
(c) Of drabness in church literature.
(d) Of buildings that rendered prayer impossible.

2. What does Boorstin say Bruneleschi and Alberti rediscovered?
(a) Gothic cathedrals.
(b) Stained glass windows.
(c) Flying buttresses.
(d) Linear perspective.

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

4. Where does Goethe say the shadows are deepest in the epigraph to Part 10?
(a) Where there is the least hope.
(b) Where the light is brightest.
(c) Where music is most organized.
(d) Where the genius sleeps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say artists began to see in modern art?

2. What does Boorstin say Milton wrote after Comus and Lycidas?

3. Where was the skyscraper born?

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

5. What history did Prescott and Parkman write?

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