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

2. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Stereotype.

3. Where did Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic end?
(a) London International Airport.
(b) Le Bourget Field, Paris.
(c) Paris International Airport.
(d) McMorris Field, UK.

4. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?
(a) Ambiguous falsehoods.
(b) Appealing truths.
(c) Ambiguous truths.
(d) Appealing falsehoods.

5. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?
(a) Graphic Revolution.
(b) World Wide Web.
(c) The printing press.
(d) Media Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Charles Lindbergh born?

3. Who does Boorstin claim was a major figure of presidential creation of pseudo-events, including his solidification of the presidential press conference and his fireside chats?

4. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

5. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

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