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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 does Boorstin say Eliot tried to express in "The Waste Land"?
(a) Redemption.
(b) Incoherence.
(c) Compensation.
(d) Sadness.

2. What was the first literary work according to Boorstin?
(a) Petronius' Satyricon.
(b) Thucydides' history.
(c) Thales of Miletus' history.
(d) Herodotus' history.

3. What does Boorstin say was the second step in the use of skyscrapers?
(a) Industry.
(b) Architectural form.
(c) Surveillance.
(d) National pride.

4. Whom does Boorstin say was the first biographer?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) James Boswell.

5. Why did Dickens leave the public sphere?
(a) He was censored.
(b) He went bankrupt.
(c) He was arrested.
(d) His doctor warned him against public readings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say the Renaissance offered to Shakespeare?

2. How does Boorstin characterize "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?

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

4. What does Boorstin see in men making images of men?

5. What does Boorstin say man seeks in making art?

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