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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Sections 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?
(a) 5,000 B.C.
(b) 10,000 B.C.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 2,000 B.C.

2. What does Paul Valery say the artist's business is in the epigraph to Book 1?
(a) To free man from God.
(b) To do God's will.
(c) To make something out of nothing.
(d) To create gods.

3. How did the Greeks see architecture according to Boorstin?
(a) As temples for the gods.
(b) As the center of the economy.
(c) As houses for the soul.
(d) As the heart of the people.

4. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?
(a) The mystery of language.
(b) The mystery of creation.
(c) The mystery of warfare.
(d) The mystery of death.

5. How does Boorstin say Muslims see creativity?
(a) As usurping Allah's prerogative.
(b) As dangerous.
(c) As innate to human beings.
(d) As an echo of God's creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tradition did the Christian church follow in its churches?

2. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?

3. How does Boorstin characterize Philo of Alexandria's view of philosophy?

4. What does Boorstin say is the paradoxical nature of Moses' God?

5. What is Boorstin's subject in The Creators?

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