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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 was the first literary work according to Boorstin?
(a) Thales of Miletus' history.
(b) Thucydides' history.
(c) Herodotus' history.
(d) Petronius' Satyricon.

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

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

4. What did Greeks discover through drama according to Boorstin?
(a) The laws of the state.
(b) The laws of fate.
(c) Heroes of myth.
(d) Themselves.

5. What was the Romans' principal building material in Boorstin's opinion?
(a) Concrete.
(b) Marble.
(c) Stone.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Dionysus the god according to Boorstin?

2. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?

3. Why does Confucius say that it is impossible for men to serve the spirits?

4. What is the source of the epigraph that opens The Creators?

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

(see the answer key)

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