The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-events in America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is intentionally created.
(b) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(d) It is ambiguous.

2. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?
(a) Media.
(b) Ambiguity.
(c) Image.
(d) Religion.

3. Pseudo-events tend to do what to the human experience, according to Boorstin?
(a) Narrow it.
(b) Diminish it.
(c) Embellish it.
(d) Objectify it.

4. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?
(a) World Wide Web.
(b) Graphic Revolution.
(c) Media Revolution.
(d) The printing press.

5. Established by Boorstin, what is the second way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They are less dramatic.
(b) They can be repeated.
(c) They are easier to distribute.
(d) They are more dramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

2. Pseudo-events, according to Boorstin, create distortion through what?

3. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?

4. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin suggests that leaks are a form of what by governments?

5. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?

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