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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?
(a) Copied.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Emulated.
(d) Mass-produced.

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

3. How many people were aboard Thomas Cook's first train tour to Scotland?
(a) 200.
(b) 250.
(c) 350.
(d) 100.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest are created by the media?

2. How many people did Thomas Cook claim to have arranged to attend the Great Exhibition?

3. Pseudo-events tend to do what to the human experience, according to Boorstin?

4. Karl Baedeker followed the model of English guide books instituted by whom?

5. Who does Boorstin claim was a major figure of presidential creation of pseudo-events, including his solidification of the presidential press conference and his fireside chats?

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