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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Boorstin claim was a major figure of presidential creation of pseudo-events, including his solidification of the presidential press conference and his fireside chats?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Dwight Eisenhower.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Hubert Humphrey.

2. The argument is made, in Chapter 3 - Section IV, that the objects in museums were ____ from the homes of the wealthy and famous to be available for all to view.
(a) Stolen.
(b) Liberated.
(c) Smuggled.
(d) Hijacked.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?

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

3. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?

4. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?

5. What was the familiar hallmark of Baedeker guides?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who defined the term "stereotype," in Chapter 1 - Section V? How does Boorstin relate this definition?

2. What subject does Boorstin address in Chapter 1 - Section V? How have pseudo-events distorted image?

3. What is the effect of the extravagant expectations held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

4. What argument is made regarding the objects on display in museums in Chapter 3 - Section IV?

5. How did Conrad Hilton establish his hotel empire? Where was his first hotel built?

6. What does Boorstin relate of technology and the sciences in Chapter 2 - Section II?

7. What does Boorstin write all tourist attractions share, in Chapter 3 - Section IV? What effect does this have on travelers?

8. What has eroded the old heroic form, according to Boorstin?

9. What does Boorstin write of the changing nature of travel in Chapter 3?

10. What does Boorstin write of the impact of the Graphic Revolution, in Chapter 1 - Section II?

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