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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7, Sections 31-35.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?
(a) That the future is full of meaningless books.
(b) That undeserving books are often remembered.
(c) That none are undeservedly remembered.
(d) That most deserve to be forgotten.

2. What was depicted in the first images?
(a) Abstract symbols.
(b) Animals.
(c) The landscape.
(d) Men.

3. In what does Boorstin say Rabelais' book was an act of faith?
(a) Language.
(b) Literary history.
(c) Culture.
(d) God.

4. How does Boorstin characterize Suger's creation at the St. Denis cathedral?
(a) Ascetic.
(b) Melodramatic.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Obscure.

5. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?
(a) Because they live forever in their work.
(b) Because they are mystified by the power to create.
(c) Because artists are so often unruly.
(d) Because they repeat the divine act of bringing things into existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say Moses introduced into Western culture?

2. What did Confucius say comprised wisdom?

3. What does Boorstin say was absent from the Decameron?

4. What did Greeks discover through drama according to Boorstin?

5. What is a dithyramb?

(see the answer key)

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