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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. What did Bondone create according to Boorstin?
(a) A new form of Christian allegory.
(b) Individuality in visual arts.
(c) A personal vision of Christian archetypes.
(d) Human figures who transcended religion.

2. In what does Boorstin say Rabelais' book was an act of faith?
(a) Literary history.
(b) God.
(c) Culture.
(d) Language.

3. What does Boorstin see in men making images of men?
(a) The beginning of religion.
(b) Consciousness.
(c) Self-discovery.
(d) The beginning of language.

4. Why did Dickens leave the public sphere?
(a) He went bankrupt.
(b) He was censored.
(c) His doctor warned him against public readings.
(d) He was arrested.

5. What does Boorstin say Christianity got people to see?
(a) Heaven.
(b) The future.
(c) Time as cyclical.
(d) The nature of divinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin say Michelangelo inspired people to idealize?

2. What did Gibbon say was the essence of history?

3. How does Boorstin characterize Of Education?

4. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?

5. Of what does Stonehenge consist?

(see the answer key)

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