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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 title did Mussolini go by after 3 years in office as Prime Minister?
(a) Il Deuce.
(b) Il Furor.
(c) Il Capitain.
(d) Mein Furor.

2. Boorstin states that psychological analysis has effectively turned the actions of heroes into compensations for what?
(a) Internal neurosis.
(b) Internal psychology.
(c) Internal psychopathology.
(d) Internal insignificance.

3. 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) Instantaneous.
(d) Combustive.

4. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They are less dramatic.
(b) They are more dramatic.
(c) They can be repeated.
(d) They are easier to distribute.

5. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Adolf Hitler born?

2. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

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

4. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

5. When was Charles Lindbergh born?

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