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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. What does Boorstin say is the paradoxical nature of Moses' God?
(a) He exists but his qualities can not be known.
(b) He is a creation of mankind but exists beyond human comprehension.
(c) He has always existed and still waits to come into existence.
(d) He speaks in texts but means all things.

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

3. For what does Boorstin say the Pyramids were built in Egypt?
(a) Housing the dead pharaohs.
(b) Challenging the gods.
(c) Proclaiming the Egyptians' power as a people.
(d) Measuring the progress of the heavens.

4. What becomes harder to understand in a culture that believes in one god in Boorstin's account?
(a) The existence of evil.
(b) The origins of the universe.
(c) Death.
(d) The nature of physical matter.

5. What does Boorstin say upturned stones signify?
(a) Man's determination to find origins.
(b) Man's determination to find food sources.
(c) Man's desire to live forever.
(d) Man's attempt to measure and regulate his environment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Philo of Alexandria's philosophy does Boorstin say determined what man could know and what he could not?

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

3. Of what does Stonehenge consist?

4. What governs the relationship between mankind and Moses' God?

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

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