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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boorstin writes that the telling of news has changed from reporting what was seen to what?
(a) Reacting to what is seen.
(b) Participating in what is seen.
(c) Actively creating what is seen.
(d) Commenting on what is seen.

2. What book by Walter Lippman does Boorstin discuss in Chapter 5 - Section VI?
(a) Beyond Good and Evil.
(b) The Origins of Family.
(c) Mein Kampf.
(d) Public Opinion.

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

4. Who opened the first motel as a new form of accommodation in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952?
(a) William Berkshire.
(b) James Anderson.
(c) Kemmons Wilson.
(d) Conrad Hilton.

5. When was Daniel J. Boorstin born?
(a) 1914.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1895.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?

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

3. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?

4. Whose best-known films are The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra, and The Greatest Show on Earth?

5. What term refers to that which is not participating readily or actively?

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