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

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

3. Who was Boethius?
(a) A Gothic architect.
(b) A Syrian poet.
(c) A counselor to King Theodoric.
(d) A philosopher of Rome.

4. When did Bruneleschi make the Foundling Hospital in Florence?
(a) 1386.
(b) 1538.
(c) 1424.
(d) 1682.

5. What did Greeks discover through drama according to Boorstin?
(a) Themselves.
(b) The laws of the state.
(c) The laws of fate.
(d) Heroes of myth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say Mozart said about dying?

2. What was startling about Leaves of Grass in Boorstin's account?

3. What does Boorstin say does the artist's job in photography?

4. Of what are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales comprised?

5. Where was the skyscraper born?

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