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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. When was Benito Mussolini born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1905.

2. How many main "extravagant expectations" does Boorstin posit Americans hold?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

4. With whom did Charles Lindbergh sign a contract for his story of the famous monoplane flight?
(a) Chicago Tribune.
(b) USA Today.
(c) New York Times.
(d) CBS.

5. What is the fifth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is synthetic.
(b) It is ambiguous.
(c) It is believable.
(d) It is simplified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

2. What is the first of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

3. What term refers to the process of making something commercial?

4. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?

5. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

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