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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why are Muslims prohibited from making lasting images of human figures according to Boorstin?
(a) Because only God can make eternal images.
(b) Because of a general proscription of idolatry.
(c) Because it takes attention away from living figures.
(d) Because creativity is a divine right, not to be usurped.

4. What does The Consolation of Philosophy explain?
(a) How to distinguish God's way of knowing from Man's.
(b) How to live in a world without God.
(c) How to reinvent yourself as a religious person.
(d) How to see God's will in events.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is Dionysus the god according to Boorstin?

2. How does Boorstin characterize Suger's creation at the St. Denis cathedral?

3. What governs the relationship between mankind and Moses' God?

4. What does Boorstin say Christianity got people to see?

5. How does Boorstin characterize Philo of Alexandria's view of philosophy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Boorstin say is the Koran's position on imaginative culture?

2. What did Moses add to the culture of imagination?

3. How does Boorstin describe the birth of hymns?

4. How does Boorstin characterize the Confucian teachings?

5. How do Greek depictions compare with Egyptian symbols?

6. How does Boorstin characterize Cervantes' contribution to imaginative literature?

7. What improvement did the Greeks make in architecture?

8. How do Muslims differ from Greeks and Christians in their approach to making images?

9. What contribution did the Egyptians make in building the pyramids?

10. What does Boorstin mean when he says that theology was born in Greek philosophy?

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