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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative or meta-narrative?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Hyper-reality.
(c) Nonreality.
(d) Post-modernism.

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

3. Boorstin relates pre-packaged travel to what activity, in Chapter 3 - Section I?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Reading a book.
(c) Watching a movie.
(d) Sleeping.

4. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?
(a) Heroism.
(b) Public favor.
(c) Celebrity.
(d) Political favor.

5. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?
(a) Milan Cathedral.
(b) The Sistine Chapel.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) St. Patrick Cathedral.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the third characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

3. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?

4. Where was Karl Baedeker born?

5. What system does Boorstin assert affected "traditional forms of achievement," in Chapter 4 - Section VIII?

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