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

2. What should be the outcome of art according to the Byron epigraph?
(a) Replacement of God.
(b) Perfection of human nature.
(c) Heroic beauty.
(d) Emulation of God.

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

4. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?
(a) The mystery of death.
(b) The mystery of warfare.
(c) The mystery of language.
(d) The mystery of creation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are Muslims prohibited from making lasting images of human figures according to Boorstin?

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

3. What does Boorstin see in men making images of men?

4. What was depicted in the first images?

5. What does Boorstin say Christianity helped man discover?

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