1. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?
(a) Social forces.
(b) The media.
(c) The public.
(d) Chess.

2. When was Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1857.

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

4. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?
(a) Record of the Congressional Committee.
(b) House Record.
(c) Presidential Congressional Record.
(d) Congressional Record.

5. What term refers to that which is of foreign origin or character, not native, introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized?
(a) Indiginous.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Other.
(d) Exotic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

2. What term means to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function?

3. When was Mein Kampf published?

4. What was one of Charles Lindbergh's nicknames?

5. Who developed a technique of calling morning press conferences to announce afternoon press conferences in order to enhance his prestige?

(see the answer key)

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