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

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

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?
(a) Hubert Humphrey.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

4. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?
(a) The Great Famine.
(b) The Great Purge.
(c) The Great Cleansing.
(d) The Grand Inquisition.

5. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Heiress.
(c) Debutante.
(d) Politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Charles Lindbergh make his famous flight across the Atlantic?

2. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?

3. Who developed a technique of calling morning press conferences to announce afternoon press conferences in order to enhance his prestige?

4. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?

5. What word means to represent concretely, to externalize?

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