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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. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?
(a) Probable.
(b) Newsworthy.
(c) Believable.
(d) Aligned politically.

2. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?
(a) Lockton Field, NY.
(b) Fort Williams Field, NC.
(c) Roosevelt Field, NY.
(d) Anderson Field, MA.

3. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?
(a) Population.
(b) Folks.
(c) Public.
(d) Masses.

4. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin suggests that leaks are a form of what by governments?
(a) Amnesty.
(b) Peace negotiations.
(c) Testing.
(d) Arbitration.

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) Iran.
(c) Russia.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?

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

3. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?

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

5. When did Al Capone die?

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