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

2. What does Boorstin say man seeks in making art?
(a) Fame.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Rebellion against God.
(d) Gain.

3. Why does Confucius say that it is impossible for men to serve the spirits?
(a) Because the spirits do not exist.
(b) Because they cannot trust the sanctity of any texts.
(c) Because they don't know how to serve each other.
(d) Because the ways of serving the spirits have all been forgotten.

4. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?
(a) Because they repeat the divine act of bringing things into existence.
(b) Because they live forever in their work.
(c) Because they are mystified by the power to create.
(d) Because artists are so often unruly.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are hieroglyphs?

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

4. To what use did Romans put sculpture according to Boorstin?

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

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