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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. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1911.

2. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?
(a) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(b) It is ambiguous.
(c) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(d) It is intentionally created.

3. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 4,000 miles.
(b) 3,000 miles.
(c) 2,500 miles.
(d) 3,600 miles.

4. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?
(a) Structured.
(b) Spontaneous.
(c) Combustive.
(d) Instantaneous.

5. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Italian Nationalist Party.
(d) National Fascist Party.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term does Boorstin assert has been relegated to the experiences of young children or naïve adults?

3. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?

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

5. When was Adolf Hitler born?

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