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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6, Sections 27-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Boorstin say man discovered in Section 24: The Birth of the Spectator?
(a) That the universe does not have anything to do with him.
(b) That crowds have personalities of their own.
(c) That there is safety in crowds.
(d) That he need not be a participant all the time.

4. How does Boorstin characterize the nature of Gothic art?
(a) Terrifying.
(b) Obscene.
(c) Morbid.
(d) Playful.

5. Who are the devas?
(a) Syrian warriors.
(b) Buddhist monks.
(c) Mesopotamian scribes.
(d) Hindu gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kind of creation does Boorstin NOT describe in The Creators?

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

3. What was unique about the first literary work in Boorstin's account?

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

5. What becomes harder to understand in a culture that believes in one god in Boorstin's account?

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