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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 did St. Augustine give men in City of God?
(a) An explanation of where evil came from.
(b) An end to their sufferings.
(c) Cycles to develop through.
(d) A direction toward God.

2. What is Boorstin's subject in The Creators?
(a) How mankind has invented itself.
(b) How mankind has come to face the question of its own survival.
(c) How mankind has progressed through the ages.
(d) How mankind has manipulated its environment.

3. With what does Boorstin say men had to struggle in order to believe in the power of human creativity?
(a) Greek grammar.
(b) The charm of Greek philosophy.
(c) The awe of Hebraic religion.
(d) The logic of Greek mathematicians.

4. Of what does Stonehenge consist?
(a) Two circles of stones.
(b) An elongated cross.
(c) A stone temple and courtyard.
(d) Numerous figures carved in chalk on hillsides.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the ideal human figure shift from Egypt to Greece?

2. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?

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

4. What was depicted in the first images?

5. What does Boorstin say Christianity got people to see?

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