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

2. Whom does Boorstin say was the first biographer?
(a) James Boswell.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) Dr. Samuel Johnson.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. What history did Prescott and Parkman write?
(a) Of the future unification of mankind.
(b) Of the coming technological changes in Western culture.
(c) Of the literary accomplishments Europeans brought to America.
(d) Of European conquest of Native Americans.

4. What did Confucius say comprised wisdom?
(a) Knowing what you do not know.
(b) Knowing how to survive.
(c) Knowing how to confront difficult questions without flinching.
(d) Knowing how to expand your power.

5. What tradition did the Christian church follow in its churches?
(a) Jewish synagogues.
(b) Roman temples.
(c) Greek temples.
(d) Northern forests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin says that Dickens' work was a love affair with what?

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

3. What did Bondone create according to Boorstin?

4. What is the source of the epigraph that opens The Creators?

5. What does Boorstin say Paleolithic man discovered in making images?

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