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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. 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.
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Archetype.

2. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?
(a) The leak.
(b) The wire tap.
(c) The mobile phone.
(d) The FBI.

3. What is the third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is intentionally created.
(b) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(d) It is ambiguous.

4. What is the first aspect of a pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is ambiguous.
(b) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(c) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) It is intentionally created.

5. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?
(a) Media.
(b) Image.
(c) Ambiguity.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 1 - Section V, that the advances made in American society have served to "blur the edges of" what?

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

3. When was Mein Kampf published?

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

5. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?

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