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

2. What does Boorstin say Christianity got people to see?
(a) The future.
(b) The nature of divinity.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Time as cyclical.

3. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?
(a) The symmetries in nature.
(b) The ideals of the philosophers.
(c) The human body.
(d) The harmony of the spheres.

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

5. For what was God cutting rods, in the quote from Martin Luther that opens Part 2?
(a) Wicked people.
(b) People who ask too many questions.
(c) To use for writing.
(d) People who don't inquire into the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Confucius say that it is impossible for men to serve the spirits?

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

3. Of what does Stonehenge consist?

4. For what does Boorstin say the Pyramids were built in Egypt?

5. What does Boorstin say upturned stones signify?

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