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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?
(a) Ambiguous falsehoods.
(b) Appealing falsehoods.
(c) Appealing truths.
(d) Ambiguous truths.

2. 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) Hyper-reality.
(c) Post-modernism.
(d) Nonreality.

3. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
(a) Money can buy anything.
(b) There is always more that the world can provide.
(c) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires.
(d) Time is of the essence.

4. Who wrote Mein Kampf?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Friedrich Engels.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

5. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?
(a) Edward L. Bernays.
(b) Edward A. Smith.
(c) Edward L. Bynay.
(d) Edward R. Burns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin refer to pseudo-events as, in Chapter 1 - Section IV?

2. How many main "extravagant expectations" does Boorstin posit Americans hold?

3. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?

4. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?

5. 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?

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