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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 did the Greeks see architecture according to Boorstin?

2. How does Boorstin characterize Philo of Alexandria's view of philosophy?

3. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?

4. What does Boorstin say is Buddhism's response to the questions of living?

5. When were the cave drawings discovered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Boccaccio's contribution to Western culture?

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

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

4. How does Boorstin describe the birth of hymns?

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

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

7. How do Greek depictions compare with Egyptian symbols?

8. What improvement did the Greeks make in architecture?

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

10. What contribution does Boorstin say Boethius made to imaginative culture?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do women play so small a part in The Creators? Analyze the text to describe Boorstin's ideas about women and women's contribution to Western culture and the development of the imagination. Are they principally muses instead of creators? Are they principally biological creators instead of artistic creators? How does Boorstin describe women's roles in culture?

Essay Topic 2

Which of the many epigraphs Boorstin uses in the headings for each Part is most applicable to the book as a whole? Using your analysis of the text, make a case for one epigraph in particular as an emblem of the whole project.

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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