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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. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1931.

2. Pseudo-events tend to do what to the human experience, according to Boorstin?
(a) Embellish it.
(b) Objectify it.
(c) Narrow it.
(d) Diminish it.

3. The argument is made, in Chapter 3 - Section IV, that the objects in museums were ____ from the homes of the wealthy and famous to be available for all to view.
(a) Liberated.
(b) Hijacked.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Smuggled.

4. What refers to a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative or meta-narrative?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Nonreality.
(c) Post-modernism.
(d) Hyper-reality.

5. What production company, recognizing that actors and actresses would demand higher pay if they became well known, refused to give their names?
(a) General Film Company.
(b) Paramount Pictures.
(c) MGM.
(d) Universal Studios.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5 - Section IV, Boorstin describes how the appearance of advertising has caused a movement from focusing on truth to focusing on what?

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

3. What is the fifth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

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

5. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?

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