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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 9, Sections 47-53.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Boorstin characterize the nature of Gothic art?
(a) Obscene.
(b) Terrifying.
(c) Playful.
(d) Morbid.

2. To what condition does art aspire according to Pater's epigraph for Part 9?
(a) Science.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Music.
(d) Religion.

3. Of what does Stonehenge consist?
(a) Numerous figures carved in chalk on hillsides.
(b) Two circles of stones.
(c) A stone temple and courtyard.
(d) An elongated cross.

4. What metaphor does Boorstin say permeates Christian literature?
(a) Conversion.
(b) Death.
(c) Pilgrimage.
(d) Transformation.

5. Which kind of creation does Boorstin NOT describe in The Creators?
(a) Visual arts.
(b) Technology.
(c) Literature.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what does Boorstin say Rabelais' book was an act of faith?

2. What experience does Boorstin say Dante described in the Divine Comedy?

3. What does Virginia Woolf say, in the second epigraph to Part 7, about writing?

4. What does The Consolation of Philosophy explain?

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

(see the answer key)

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