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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What book of Walter Lippman's does Boorstin cite, in Chapter 1 - Section V?

3. When was Mein Kampf published?

4. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?

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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