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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Section IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Boorstin describe as a kind of pseudo-event, especially in the sense that they were "more vivid and more impressive than the spontaneous original"?
(a) News media.
(b) Books.
(c) Photographs.
(d) Movies.

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

4. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?
(a) The Louvre.
(b) Milan Cathedral.
(c) The Sistine Chapel.
(d) St. Patrick Cathedral.

5. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest are created by the media?
(a) Pseudo-events.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.

2. In Chapter 5, Boorstin asserts that we have made a shift from moral value to what value?

3. When was Reader's Digest founded?

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

5. The third aspect of successful advertising discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section IV is what?

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