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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. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?
(a) Darsan.
(b) Prajapati.
(c) Karma.
(d) Afghanistani.

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

3. Who was Boethius?
(a) A Gothic architect.
(b) A counselor to King Theodoric.
(c) A philosopher of Rome.
(d) A Syrian poet.

4. What becomes harder to understand in a culture that believes in one god in Boorstin's account?
(a) The origins of the universe.
(b) The existence of evil.
(c) Death.
(d) The nature of physical matter.

5. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Pantheism.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Kathenotheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Greeks see architecture according to Boorstin?

2. What fear did St. Ambrose's creation allay?

3. What should be the outcome of art according to the Byron epigraph?

4. What else did Thespis invent?

5. What part of Philo of Alexandria's philosophy does Boorstin say determined what man could know and what he could not?

(see the answer key)

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