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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) People who don't inquire into the world.
(b) To use for writing.
(c) People who ask too many questions.
(d) Wicked people.

2. What does Boorstin say Moses introduced into Western culture?
(a) The idea of a single omnipotent creator.
(b) The idea of human sacrifice.
(c) The idea of original sin.
(d) The notion of eternal reoccurrence.

3. How does Boorstin characterize Philo of Alexandria's view of philosophy?
(a) He sees it as a temptation to evil.
(b) He sees it as the true religion.
(c) He sees it as the handmaiden of theology.
(d) He sees it as the language of human logic.

4. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?
(a) To meditate but not to settle for any answer.
(b) To trust whatever the heart says.
(c) To refer all questions to sacred texts.
(d) Not to answer.

5. What does the dome of the Pantheon proclaim according to Boorstin?
(a) Man's ability to enclose a sacred precinct.
(b) Man's ability to defy gravity in building.
(c) Man's ability to provide houses for his gods.
(d) Man's ability to fill a void with his own creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?

2. Of what does Stonehenge consist?

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

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

5. What are hieroglyphs?

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