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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. When did Karl Baedeker die?
(a) 1847.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1805.

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

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

4. When did Al Capone die?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1965.

5. Boorstin claims that in the effort to make art and literature accessible to all, these forms of expression were what?
(a) Diminished.
(b) Embellished.
(c) Disembodied.
(d) Destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was Adolf Hitler born?

4. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?

5. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?

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