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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 people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?
(a) Public.
(b) Folks.
(c) Masses.
(d) Population.

2. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?
(a) Believable.
(b) Aligned politically.
(c) Newsworthy.
(d) Probable.

3. Boorstin states that psychological analysis has effectively turned the actions of heroes into compensations for what?
(a) Internal psychology.
(b) Internal psychopathology.
(c) Internal insignificance.
(d) Internal neurosis.

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

5. Established by Boorstin, what is the second way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They are less dramatic.
(b) They can be repeated.
(c) They are easier to distribute.
(d) They are more dramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

2. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?

3. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?

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

5. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?

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