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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. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?
(a) The harmony of the spheres.
(b) The ideals of the philosophers.
(c) The symmetries in nature.
(d) The human body.

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

3. What does Boorstin say man discovered in Section 24: The Birth of the Spectator?
(a) That crowds have personalities of their own.
(b) That there is safety in crowds.
(c) That the universe does not have anything to do with him.
(d) That he need not be a participant all the time.

4. What did Greeks discover through drama according to Boorstin?
(a) The laws of fate.
(b) The laws of the state.
(c) Heroes of myth.
(d) Themselves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did St. Augustine give men in City of God?

2. What does the dome of the Pantheon proclaim according to Boorstin?

3. What was the special element of Gothic architecture in Boorstin's opinion?

4. What was the Romans' principal building material in Boorstin's opinion?

5. What was depicted in the first images?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was St. Augustine's contribution to imaginative culture according to Boorstin?

2. How does Boorstin describe the birth of drama?

3. What innovation did Dante introduce to Western culture?

4. What is a dithyramb and what is its place in imaginative culture?

5. How does Boorstin characterize Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?

6. How does Boorstin characterize the Gothic style of art?

7. What innovation do the Homeric epics represent in the culture of the imagination?

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

9. How does Boorstin describe the difference between tragedy and comedy?

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

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