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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 is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?
(a) House Record.
(b) Record of the Congressional Committee.
(c) Congressional Record.
(d) Presidential Congressional Record.

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

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

4. 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) China.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Russia.

5. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?
(a) Nonreality.
(b) Hyper-reality.
(c) Superreality.
(d) Pseudo-event.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?

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

3. Where was Al Capone born?

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

5. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?

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