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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 term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?
(a) Prowess.
(b) Celebrity.
(c) Fame.
(d) Greatness.

2. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1924.

3. What was one of Charles Lindbergh's nicknames?
(a) The Flyer.
(b) Lucky Chuck.
(c) Lucky Lindy.
(d) Wings.

4. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

5. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iran.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

2. What does Boorstin refer to pseudo-events as, in Chapter 1 - Section IV?

3. What is the fourth quality of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?

4. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 1 - Section V, that the advances made in American society have served to "blur the edges of" what?

5. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?

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