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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. Why is Dante described as the founder of modern literature in Boorstin's opinion?
(a) Because the Divine Comedy represents a new cosmogony.
(b) Because the Divine Comedy externalized a dialogue that would normally have remained internal.
(c) Because the Divine Comedy was the first printed book after the Bible.
(d) Because the Divine Comedy is autobiographical.

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

3. How does Boorstin characterize the autobiography as a form?
(a) A shifting subject viewed from a shifting perspective.
(b) A rebellion against the act of being misread.
(c) A scientific glimpse into the workings of the self.
(d) An objective account of a person's feelings and language.

4. What was unique about the first literary work in Boorstin's account?
(a) It described the origins of the world.
(b) It was in dactylic hexameter.
(c) It was in prose.
(d) It was about the ancient past.

5. What was the special element of Gothic architecture in Boorstin's opinion?
(a) Irregularity.
(b) Symmetry.
(c) Color.
(d) Light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Dionysus the god according to Boorstin?

2. Of what does Stonehenge consist?

3. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?

4. With what does Boorstin say Alfred Stieglitz experimented?

5. How does Boorstin characterize Of Education?

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