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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 12, Sections 68-70 and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Boorstin say Rousseau's Confessions are a self-defense against?
(a) Political intrigue.
(b) His own human nature.
(c) An imaginary conspiracy.
(d) Inherited accusations.

4. How did Benjamin Franklin innovate in the autobiographical form?
(a) His Autobiography was focused solely on himself and his family.
(b) His Autobiography gave an account of his soul and sins, in addition to his relationship with God.
(c) His Autobiography described his most intimate thoughts and actions.
(d) His Autobiography introduced the success narrative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge?

2. What did St. Augustine give men in City of God?

3. Where does Boorstin say Monet's achievement was made?

4. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?

5. How long was it before Gothic art changed the style of European art and architecture in Boorstin's account?

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