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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 did St. Augustine give men in City of God?
(a) Cycles to develop through.
(b) A direction toward God.
(c) An end to their sufferings.
(d) An explanation of where evil came from.

2. For what was God cutting rods, in the quote from Martin Luther that opens Part 2?
(a) Wicked people.
(b) To use for writing.
(c) People who don't inquire into the world.
(d) People who ask too many questions.

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

4. What does Boorstin say Afghanistani made possible according to Hindus?
(a) Transformation.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) Strife.
(d) Sight.

5. Whose arguments allowed images of human figures to be created and displayed in Christianity?
(a) Jesus Christ.
(b) Plotinus.
(c) St. John of Damascus.
(d) St. Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is The Odyssey a parable according to Boorstin?

2. What does Auden say about books in the second epigraph to Part 5?

3. What is Boorstin's subject in The Creators?

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

5. What fear did St. Ambrose's creation allay?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What innovation did Dante introduce to Western culture?

3. How do Greek depictions compare with Egyptian symbols?

4. How does Boorstin describe the birth of hymns?

5. How does Boorstin characterize Shakespeare's role in the development of imaginative works?

6. How does Boorstin say the Japanese differ from Westerners in their architectural approach?

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

8. How does Boorstin describe the birth of drama?

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

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

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