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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 Boorstin say Paleolithic man discovered in making images?
(a) Religion.
(b) Himself.
(c) Power.
(d) Truth.
2. What was depicted in the first images?
(a) Abstract symbols.
(b) Men.
(c) The landscape.
(d) Animals.
3. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?
(a) That the future is full of meaningless books.
(b) That none are undeservedly remembered.
(c) That most deserve to be forgotten.
(d) That undeserving books are often remembered.
4. What does Boorstin say is the paradoxical nature of Moses' God?
(a) He is a creation of mankind but exists beyond human comprehension.
(b) He exists but his qualities can not be known.
(c) He speaks in texts but means all things.
(d) He has always existed and still waits to come into existence.
5. Who are the devas?
(a) Hindu gods.
(b) Buddhist monks.
(c) Syrian warriors.
(d) Mesopotamian scribes.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?
2. What was the special element of Gothic architecture in Boorstin's opinion?
3. What does Boorstin say man discovered in Section 24: The Birth of the Spectator?
4. What did the dithyramb and its derivatives do in Greek history?
5. On what was Roman architecture based according to Boorstin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Boorstin say is the importance of megaliths?
2. What is the purpose of life in Buddhist teachings?
3. What innovation do the Homeric epics represent in the culture of the imagination?
4. How does Boorstin characterize Chaucer's Canterbury Tales?
5. What innovation did Dante introduce to Western culture?
6. What was St. Augustine's contribution to imaginative culture according to Boorstin?
7. How do Greek depictions compare with Egyptian symbols?
8. What explanation does Boorstin offer for the cave paintings of Altamira, Lascaux and Les Trois Freres?
9. How does Boorstin describe the birth of prose?
10. What contribution did the Egyptians make to writing and self-expression?
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