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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. Why does Boorstin say people see artists as godlike?
(a) Because they repeat the divine act of bringing things into existence.
(b) Because they are mystified by the power to create.
(c) Because they live forever in their work.
(d) Because artists are so often unruly.

2. What does Boorstin say artists began to see in modern art?
(a) Evanescent moments.
(b) Traditions.
(c) Platonic forms.
(d) Transcendent forms.

3. What is a dithyramb?
(a) A dance done to honor ancestors.
(b) A poem that commemorates a battle.
(c) A monument that commemorates a sacrifice.
(d) A song sung in honor of the god.

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

5. What does Boorstin say is the paradoxical nature of Moses' God?
(a) He exists but his qualities can not be known.
(b) He speaks in texts but means all things.
(c) He is a creation of mankind but exists beyond human comprehension.
(d) He has always existed and still waits to come into existence.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Boorstin say the Pyramids were built in Egypt?

2. What does Boorstin say was absent from the Decameron?

3. What did Saint Ambrose invent?

4. When did Montaigne publish his Essays?

5. In what period was the symphony created?

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