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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. The fourth aspect of successful advertising discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section IV is what?
(a) Appeal of the half-intelligible.
(b) Appeal of the contrived.
(c) Appeal of the self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) Ambiguity.

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

3. Who wrote Mein Kampf?
(a) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(b) Friedrich Engels.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Benito Mussolini.

4. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1922.

5. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Stereotype.
(d) Pseudo-event.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin writes in Chapter 5 that "God himself becomes not a power but" what?

2. How many cars were registered in the United States in 1900?

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

4. How many main "extravagant expectations" does Boorstin posit Americans hold?

5. When was the Ford Model T introduced?

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