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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 Thespis invent, according to Boorstin?
(a) Tragedy.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Drama.
(d) Comedy.

2. With what does Boorstin say men had to struggle in order to believe in the power of human creativity?
(a) The charm of Greek philosophy.
(b) Greek grammar.
(c) The awe of Hebraic religion.
(d) The logic of Greek mathematicians.

3. What does Boorstin say is the paradoxical nature of Moses' God?
(a) He has always existed and still waits to come into existence.
(b) He is a creation of mankind but exists beyond human comprehension.
(c) He exists but his qualities can not be known.
(d) He speaks in texts but means all things.

4. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?
(a) The mystery of language.
(b) The mystery of death.
(c) The mystery of warfare.
(d) The mystery of creation.

5. What did Cristofori invent?
(a) The first recording device.
(b) The violin.
(c) The piano.
(d) The modern form of musical notation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a dithyramb?

2. Of what is the Florence Foundling Hospital the first according to Boorstin?

3. What does Boorstin say upturned stones signify?

4. What does Chaucer say in the epigraph to Part 8?

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

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