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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first divinity according to the Rig Veda?
(a) Afghanistani.
(b) Karma.
(c) Prajapati.
(d) Darsan.

2. With what does Boorstin say men had to struggle in order to believe in the power of human creativity?
(a) The awe of Hebraic religion.
(b) Greek grammar.
(c) The logic of Greek mathematicians.
(d) The charm of Greek philosophy.

3. Of what are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales comprised?
(a) A prolonged odyssey.
(b) 100 novellas.
(c) 31 poetic narratives.
(d) 24 books of narrative about war.

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

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

6. Of what is Dionysus the god according to Boorstin?
(a) Hunting and weaponry.
(b) Drama, dance and music.
(c) Warfare and strife.
(d) Craft and technology.

7. What governs the relationship between mankind and Moses' God?
(a) The fates.
(b) Sacrifices.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) A covenant.

8. What does Boorstin say Paleolithic man discovered in making images?
(a) Truth.
(b) Religion.
(c) Himself.
(d) Power.

9. What should be the outcome of art according to the Byron epigraph?
(a) Heroic beauty.
(b) Perfection of human nature.
(c) Replacement of God.
(d) Emulation of God.

10. What was depicted in the first images?
(a) Abstract symbols.
(b) Men.
(c) Animals.
(d) The landscape.

11. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?
(a) That none are undeservedly remembered.
(b) That the future is full of meaningless books.
(c) That undeserving books are often remembered.
(d) That most deserve to be forgotten.

12. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?
(a) To refer all questions to sacred texts.
(b) To meditate but not to settle for any answer.
(c) To trust whatever the heart says.
(d) Not to answer.

13. How does Boorstin characterize Hindu religion?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Kathenotheism.
(c) Monotheism.
(d) Pantheism.

14. What does Boorstin say Christianity got people to see?
(a) The nature of divinity.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The future.
(d) Time as cyclical.

15. For what does Boorstin say the Pyramids were built in Egypt?
(a) Challenging the gods.
(b) Measuring the progress of the heavens.
(c) Proclaiming the Egyptians' power as a people.
(d) Housing the dead pharaohs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the dithyramb and its derivatives do in Greek history?

3. What part of Philo of Alexandria's philosophy does Boorstin say determined what man could know and what he could not?

4. When were the cave drawings discovered?

5. Why are Muslims prohibited from making lasting images of human figures according to Boorstin?

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