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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, Sections 17-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What part of Philo of Alexandria's philosophy does Boorstin say determined what man could know and what he could not?
(a) Nomos.
(b) Logos.
(c) Pneuma.
(d) Techne.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?

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

3. What does the dome of the Pantheon proclaim according to Boorstin?

4. What was the Romans' principal building material in Boorstin's opinion?

5. How did the Greeks see architecture according to Boorstin?

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