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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 is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?
(a) Record of the Congressional Committee.
(b) House Record.
(c) Congressional Record.
(d) Presidential Congressional Record.

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

3. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?
(a) Image.
(b) Media.
(c) Religion.
(d) Ambiguity.

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

5. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Archetype.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pseudo-events, according to Boorstin, create distortion through what?

2. Boorstin states that psychological analysis has effectively turned the actions of heroes into compensations for what?

3. 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?

4. Established by Boorstin, what is the second way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

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

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