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

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

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, Boorstin suggests that the greatest challenge Americans are now dealing with is what?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Reality.
(c) Foreign affairs.
(d) Advertising.

2. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?
(a) Exotic restaurants.
(b) Money exchange stations.
(c) Local atmosphere.
(d) Tour guides.

3. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Attraction.
(c) Non-event.
(d) Red carpet event.

4. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.
(a) News media.
(b) Democracy.
(c) The printing press.
(d) Technology.

5. What refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s?
(a) Dirt fiction.
(b) Romance fiction.
(c) Dime store fiction.
(d) Pulp fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin writes that the telling of news has changed from reporting what was seen to what?

2. Who did Charles Lindbergh marry?

3. What refers to a person or thing that draws, allures, or entices?

4. When did Charles Lindbergh make his famous flight across the Atlantic?

5. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

(see the answer key)

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