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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 did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1911.

2. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?
(a) Media Revolution.
(b) Graphic Revolution.
(c) World Wide Web.
(d) The printing press.

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

4. What word means to represent concretely, to externalize?
(a) Assert.
(b) Objectify.
(c) Dejectify.
(d) Project.

5. Boorstin writes that the telling of news has changed from reporting what was seen to what?
(a) Commenting on what is seen.
(b) Participating in what is seen.
(c) Actively creating what is seen.
(d) Reacting to what is seen.

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 third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?

3. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?

4. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

5. When was Mein Kampf published?

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