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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. What was the first literary work according to Boorstin?

2. What did Confucius say comprised wisdom?

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

4. What does Boorstin say is the difference between tragedy and comedy?

5. What does Boorstin see in men making images of men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What improvement did the Greeks make in architecture?

5. How does Boorstin describe the birth of hymns?

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

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

8. How does Boorstin describe the birth of drama?

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

10. What contribution did the Egyptians make to writing and self-expression?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Boorstin ends the book with the optimistic description of film and tv as media that will reunite communities by holding people in thrall to the same moving images. Evaluate the value of this conclusion, based on your experiences, and also based on the criteria Boorstin used for evaluating the works he analyzes in the book.

Essay Topic 2

Would you recommend The Creators? For what purposes would you recommend The Creators, and what kinds of readers would you not recommend it? What book would you recommend that would cover the same material or provide the same emotional experience in a different way?

Essay Topic 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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