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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. Of what is Dionysus the god according to Boorstin?
(a) Drama, dance and music.
(b) Warfare and strife.
(c) Craft and technology.
(d) Hunting and weaponry.

2. Whose arguments allowed images of human figures to be created and displayed in Christianity?
(a) St. Augustine.
(b) St. John of Damascus.
(c) Plotinus.
(d) Jesus Christ.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Boorstin characterize Philo of Alexandria's view of philosophy?

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

3. What does Boorstin say Afghanistani made possible according to Hindus?

4. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?

5. Of what are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales comprised?

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