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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II Section I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1857.

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

3. What term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?
(a) Fame.
(b) Prowess.
(c) Greatness.
(d) Celebrity.

4. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?
(a) The media.
(b) Social forces.
(c) Chess.
(d) The public.

5. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?
(a) Congressional Record.
(b) Presidential Congressional Record.
(c) Record of the Congressional Committee.
(d) House Record.

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 word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

3. Boorstin writes that the telling of news has changed from reporting what was seen to what?

4. What word means to represent concretely, to externalize?

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

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