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The Creators Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Boorstin say Moses introduced into Western culture?
(a) The idea of a single omnipotent creator.
(b) The idea of human sacrifice.
(c) The notion of eternal reoccurrence.
(d) The idea of original sin.

3. What does Thoreau say, in the epigraph to Part 7, it takes to speak the truth?
(a) Eyes to perceive it.
(b) A commitment to make people see it.
(c) One to speak and one to listen.
(d) An understanding of what the consequences will be, for the people who don't want to hear it.

4. What does Boorstin say is the difference between tragedy and comedy?
(a) Tragedy ended in death, comedy in marriage.
(b) Tragedy dealt with long-ago events, comedy with the present.
(c) Tragedy was for intimate gatherings, comedy for large audiences.
(d) Tragedy dealt with kings, comedy with commoners.

5. Who are the devas?
(a) Syrian warriors.
(b) Mesopotamian scribes.
(c) Hindu gods.
(d) Buddhist monks.

6. What else did Thespis invent?
(a) The cult of Apollo.
(b) The monologue.
(c) The dramatic mask.
(d) The dithyramb.

7. When were the cave drawings discovered?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1700s.
(c) 1600s.
(d) 1900s.

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

9. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?
(a) 10,000 B.C.
(b) 5,000 B.C.
(c) 500 A.D.
(d) 2,000 B.C.

10. What is the source of the epigraph that opens The Creators?
(a) The Old Testament.
(b) Jain Sacred text.
(c) The Odyssey.
(d) The Rig Veda.

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

12. What does Boorstin say Christianity helped man discover?
(a) Man's power to control nature.
(b) The New World.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Man's power to create.

13. When did men begin to make images of themselves?
(a) Middle Paleolithic period.
(b) Mesolithic period.
(c) Early Paleolithic period.
(d) Upper Paleolithic period.

14. How does Boorstin say Muslims see creativity?
(a) As usurping Allah's prerogative.
(b) As innate to human beings.
(c) As an echo of God's creation.
(d) As dangerous.

15. What does Boorstin say upturned stones signify?
(a) Man's determination to find origins.
(b) Man's determination to find food sources.
(c) Man's attempt to measure and regulate his environment.
(d) Man's desire to live forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say man discovered in Section 24: The Birth of the Spectator?

2. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?

3. What was Boccaccio's inspiration for the Decameron?

4. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?

5. What does Boorstin say the Renaissance offered to Shakespeare?

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