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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Section IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Al Capone born?
(a) Queens, NY.
(b) Naperville, IL.
(c) Chicago, IL.
(d) Booklyn, NY.

3. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest are created by the media?
(a) Pseudo-events.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) Politicians.

4. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?
(a) Copied.
(b) Emulated.
(c) Mass-produced.
(d) Destroyed.

5. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?
(a) The Lucky Lindy.
(b) The Spirit of America.
(c) The Lindbergh Jewel.
(d) The Spirit of St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?

2. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?

3. Pseudo-events tend to do what to the human experience, according to Boorstin?

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

5. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest create themselves?

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