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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. 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?
(a) Attraction.
(b) Red carpet event.
(c) Non-event.
(d) Pseudo-event.

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

3. Who developed a technique of calling morning press conferences to announce afternoon press conferences in order to enhance his prestige?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Joseph McCarthy.
(d) Dwight Eisenhower.

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

5. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1938.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?

2. What is the first aspect of a pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?

3. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?

4. What refers to a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative or meta-narrative?

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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