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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. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.
(a) Greatness.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Fame.
(d) Poverty.

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

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

4. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?
(a) Politician.
(b) Celebrity.
(c) Heiress.
(d) Debutante.

5. What is the fourth quality of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(b) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(c) It is intentionally created.
(d) It is ambiguous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 1 - Section V, that the advances made in American society have served to "blur the edges of" what?

4. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin suggests that leaks are a form of what by governments?

5. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?

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