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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. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?
(a) Instantaneous.
(b) Combustive.
(c) Structured.
(d) Spontaneous.

2. When was Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1905.

3. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?
(a) Non-event.
(b) Pseudo-event.
(c) Red carpet event.
(d) Attraction.

4. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?
(a) Michael Jameson.
(b) Paul Skawinski.
(c) Anderson Williams.
(d) Norman Schwarzkopf.

5. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?
(a) Ambiguous truths.
(b) Ambiguous falsehoods.
(c) Appealing falsehoods.
(d) Appealing truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?

2. What refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theater District, New York?

3. Who developed a technique of calling morning press conferences to announce afternoon press conferences in order to enhance his prestige?

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

5. In Chapter 6 - Section II, Boorstin warns that America has spent too much time attempting to "perfect our image rather than" what?

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