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

3. To what does Melville say the sea and land are analogous in the epigraph to Part 12?
(a) God.
(b) The soul.
(c) The self.
(d) Civilization.

4. In Boorstin's account, Michelangelo changed man from an imitation of nature to what?
(a) A recreation of nature.
(b) An example for nature.
(c) A perfection of nature.
(d) The measure of nature.

5. When did opera develop in Europe?
(a) Around 1500 in England.
(b) Around 1800 in Germany.
(c) Around 1550 in France.
(d) Around 1600 in Italy.

6. What does Boorstin say Melville presents in Moby Dick?
(a) The stoicism of the American self.
(b) The mystery of the self.
(c) The isolation of American individuals.
(d) The cruel heart of American industry.

7. What did Bondone create according to Boorstin?
(a) Human figures who transcended religion.
(b) A new form of Christian allegory.
(c) A personal vision of Christian archetypes.
(d) Individuality in visual arts.

8. Where was the skyscraper born?
(a) Chicago.
(b) London.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) New York.

9. How did the orchestra change in the fifteenth century according to Boorstin?
(a) Instruments were grouped into families.
(b) Composers began to employ new forms of harmony and dissonance.
(c) Conductors were introduced to coordinate parts.
(d) They swelled to unprecedented size.

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

11. What did Gibbon say was the essence of history?
(a) Economies.
(b) Wars and elections.
(c) Human habits and utterances.
(d) Political movements.

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

13. How many paintings does Boorstin say da Vinci left?
(a) 51.
(b) 17.
(c) 39.
(d) 108.

14. What did Gibbon add to the genre of human comedy according to Boorstin?
(a) The historical novel.
(b) The fairy tale of history.
(c) The saga of empire.
(d) The biography of kings.

15. How does Boorstin characterize the Heroic American Literary Myth?
(a) A tale of brutality and crude mysticism.
(b) A tale of morality and sacrifice.
(c) A tale of revenge and madness.
(d) A tale of shining visions fulfilled.