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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. What French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, and photographer is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism?
(a) Jean Francois.
(b) Jean Baudrillard.
(c) Michael Foucault.
(d) Jean Michele Foucault.

2. Boorstin writes in Chapter 6 - Section III, "We fill our lives not with experience but with the ____ of experience."
(a) Images.
(b) Archetypes.
(c) Stereotypes.
(d) Ideals.

3. Boorstin suggests we are in danger if we forget that the experiences which can't be captured by the camera can still be captured in a what?
(a) Experience.
(b) Book.
(c) Reality.
(d) Dreaming.

4. What refers to a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible?
(a) Prestige.
(b) Ideal.
(c) Archetype.
(d) Image.

5. In Chapter 6 - Section I, Boorstin asserts that America has experienced a move from what to images?
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Concepts.
(c) Ideals.
(d) Morals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5 - Section V, Boorstin states that even ____ have become blurred because of the relentless drive of business and consumerism.

2. What Muzak designer suggested that his company was more the business of programming than the business of music?

3. Who founded Reader's Digest?

4. When did P.T. Barnum purchase Scudder's American Museum?

5. What book by Walter Lippman does Boorstin discuss in Chapter 5 - Section VI?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Boorstin suggest was the impact of Reader's Digest on the populace? What is Reader's Digest?

2. What is Boorstin's subject in Chapter 6 - Section IV? How is the effect discussed defined?

3. What does Boorstin believe is responsible for the mass production of art? What effect does this cause?

4. What does Boorstin write of the evolution of linguistics and the pseudo-event in Chapter 6 - Section III?

5. What is the second aspect of "successful advertising" described by Boorstin? How is it defined?

6. What changes took place in the binding industry for printmaking? What effect did this have?

7. What does Boorstin write of stage and film adaptations in Chapter 4 - Section VI?

8. What does Boorstin assert is the impact of art reproductions?

9. How does Boorstin view the impact of advertising on the American psyche?

10. How does Boorstin define "ideal-thinking" and "image-thinking"?

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