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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 word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Fame.
(c) Greatness.
(d) Wealth.

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

3. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
(a) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires.
(b) Money can buy anything.
(c) There is always more that the world can provide.
(d) Time is of the essence.

4. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?
(a) Nonreality.
(b) Superreality.
(c) Hyper-reality.
(d) Pseudo-event.

5. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?
(a) Instantaneous.
(b) Combustive.
(c) Structured.
(d) Spontaneous.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?

5. What is the first of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

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