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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 11, Sections 57-60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boorstin say does the artist's job in photography?
(a) The machine.
(b) The image itself.
(c) Light.
(d) The developer.

2. What did Gibbon add to the genre of human comedy according to Boorstin?
(a) The historical novel.
(b) The fairy tale of history.
(c) The saga of empire.
(d) The biography of kings.

3. What did Greeks discover through drama according to Boorstin?
(a) Themselves.
(b) The laws of fate.
(c) The laws of the state.
(d) Heroes of myth.

4. How does Boorstin characterize the Decameron?
(a) Sacred.
(b) Autobiographical.
(c) Panoramic.
(d) Chaste.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Boorstin say Stonehenge was created?

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

3. What are hieroglyphs?

4. What did Thespis invent, according to Boorstin?

5. What was Boccaccio's inspiration for the Decameron?

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