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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was it before Gothic art changed the style of European art and architecture in Boorstin's account?

2. When were the cave drawings discovered?

3. What does Horace say about the escaped word in the epigraph for Part 5?

4. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?

5. Of what does Stonehenge consist?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What improvement did the Greeks make in architecture?

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

4. What explanation does Boorstin offer for the cave paintings of Altamira, Lascaux and Les Trois Freres?

5. How does Boorstin describe the Hindu contribution to imaginative culture?

6. How does Boorstin describe the birth of prose?

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

8. What does Boorstin say is the importance of megaliths?

9. What is the purpose of life in Buddhist teachings?

10. How do Greek depictions compare with Egyptian symbols?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Evaluate your own reading of The Creators--did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 2

Assess the proposition that Boorstin's inclusion of non-Western art and culture amounts to tokenism that reflects a Western bias.

Essay Topic 3

Defend or refute the proposition that in its evolution, modern art has given the individual the ability to become immortal through his self-expression. Use examples from the text.

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