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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11, Sections 57-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long was it before Gothic art changed the style of European art and architecture in Boorstin's account?
(a) A hundred years.
(b) A thousand years.
(c) Five hundred years.
(d) Two thousand years.

2. How does Boorstin characterize Of Education?
(a) A farce about religious education.
(b) A morality tale about experience and wisdom.
(c) A satire on learning.
(d) A manifesto of humanism.

3. What metaphor does Boorstin say permeates Christian literature?
(a) Pilgrimage.
(b) Transformation.
(c) Death.
(d) Conversion.

4. What did William Henry Fox Talbot discover?
(a) A process for retouching negatives.
(b) A process for capturing sharp contrasts between black and white on photographic film.
(c) A process for using silver nitrate to make copies.
(d) A process for capturing images on glass.

5. What does Boorstin say does the artist's job in photography?
(a) The developer.
(b) Light.
(c) The machine.
(d) The image itself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which kind of creation does Boorstin NOT describe in The Creators?

2. What did Thespis invent, according to Boorstin?

3. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?

4. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?

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

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