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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Section I-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Boorstin assert has been relegated to the experiences of young children or naïve adults?
(a) Hero.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Fairy tales.
(d) Celebrity.

2. What type of book binding begins with the signatures of the book as loose pages which are then clamped together?
(a) Undersew.
(b) Oversew.
(c) Cross stitch.
(d) Bind-sew.

3. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?
(a) The leak.
(b) The mobile phone.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The wire tap.

4. 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.

5. Pseudo-events, according to Boorstin, create distortion through what?
(a) Complication.
(b) Ambiguity.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Falsehood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin assert inevitably give a false representation of a country because they have been specially selected and taken from context?

2. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?

3. What is the name of a small press capable of printing small-format pieces such as billheads, letterheads, business cards, and envelopes?

4. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

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

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