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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 is the source of the epigraph that opens The Creators?
(a) Jain Sacred text.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Rig Veda.

2. What does Boorstin say Afghanistani made possible according to Hindus?
(a) Sight.
(b) Strife.
(c) Reincarnation.
(d) Transformation.

3. Which kind of creation does Boorstin NOT describe in The Creators?
(a) Literature.
(b) Visual arts.
(c) Technology.
(d) Music.

4. What does The Consolation of Philosophy explain?
(a) How to see God's will in events.
(b) How to live in a world without God.
(c) How to reinvent yourself as a religious person.
(d) How to distinguish God's way of knowing from Man's.

5. How did the ideal human figure shift from Egypt to Greece?
(a) It became more ideal.
(b) It became monstrous.
(c) It became more formal.
(d) It became more natural.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the special element of Gothic architecture in Boorstin's opinion?

3. What does Horace say about the escaped word in the epigraph for Part 5?

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

5. When did men begin to make images of themselves?

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