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

2. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?
(a) Afghanistani.
(b) Karma.
(c) Darsan.
(d) Prajapati.

3. What does Thoreau say, in the epigraph to Part 7, it takes to speak the truth?
(a) A commitment to make people see it.
(b) Eyes to perceive it.
(c) An understanding of what the consequences will be, for the people who don't want to hear it.
(d) One to speak and one to listen.

4. When did Bruneleschi make the Foundling Hospital in Florence?
(a) 1682.
(b) 1424.
(c) 1538.
(d) 1386.

5. What did Gibbon say was the essence of history?
(a) Human habits and utterances.
(b) Wars and elections.
(c) Political movements.
(d) Economies.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Benjamin Franklin innovate in the autobiographical form?

2. How many paintings does Boorstin say da Vinci left?

3. What does Boorstin say does the artist's job in photography?

4. Who was Boethius?

5. What was novel about the essay according to Boorstin?

(see the answer key)

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