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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Section I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Al Capone die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1951.

4. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

5. When was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.

2. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?

3. When did Charles Lindbergh make his famous flight across the Atlantic?

4. What is the title of Chapter 3?

5. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?

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