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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 does Horace say about the escaped word in the epigraph for Part 5?
(a) That it cannot be recalled.
(b) That it cannot be defined.
(c) That it cannot be offered in prayer.
(d) That it cannot be written.

2. What does Boorstin say Michelangelo inspired people to idealize?
(a) God.
(b) Aristocrats.
(c) Man.
(d) Genius.

3. In what does Boorstin say Pantagruel luxuriates?
(a) Divine sensualism.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Vulgarity.

4. What was Boccaccio's inspiration for the Decameron?
(a) The discovery of the New World.
(b) The plague.
(c) The Wars of the Roses.
(d) Developments in the medieval church.

5. Where does Boorstin say Monet's achievement was made?
(a) In the relationship between the artist and history.
(b) In the relationship between audience and nature.
(c) In the elusive moment.
(d) In the eternal moment of art.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Gibbon perceived in Boorstin's account?

2. Who was Boethius?

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

4. In what does Boorstin say Rabelais' book was an act of faith?

5. What does Boorstin say Giotto di Bondone was the first Western artist to do?

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