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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9, Sections 47-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gibbon say was the essence of history?
(a) Political movements.
(b) Human habits and utterances.
(c) Economies.
(d) Wars and elections.

2. In what way does Boorstin say Milton was a strong individual?
(a) He exiled his children for their unconventional religious views.
(b) He did not subscribe to conventional religious views.
(c) He never belonged to a sect.
(d) He invented his own mythical characters and religion.

3. What does Boorstin say was Milton's contribution to poetry?
(a) He characterized Satan in a way that would endure for centuries.
(b) He invented new poetic forms.
(c) He brought the English language to life.
(d) He refined the language and made it more economical.

4. What did Gibbon add to the genre of human comedy according to Boorstin?
(a) The saga of empire.
(b) The biography of kings.
(c) The fairy tale of history.
(d) The historical novel.

5. What does Boorstin say Giotto di Bondone was the first Western artist to do?
(a) Include text in his paintings.
(b) Bring Christian archetypes to life.
(c) Tell stories in paintings.
(d) Depict the human nude.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?

2. What does Boorstin say man discovered in Section 24: The Birth of the Spectator?

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

4. What does Byron say a sculptor should do in the epigraph to Part 4?

5. What does Boorstin say man seeks in making art?

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