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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 II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?
(a) Aligned politically.
(b) Newsworthy.
(c) Probable.
(d) Believable.

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

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

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

5. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Hyper-reality.
(c) Nonreality.
(d) Superreality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?

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

3. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?

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

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

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