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

2. When was Publishers' Weekly first published?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1805.

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

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

5. What editor and co-editor of Publishers' Weekly guided the publication through much of the 20th century?
(a) Jefferson Andrews.
(b) Frederic Gershom Melcher.
(c) Neil Jackson Smith.
(d) Henry J. Williamson.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What production company, recognizing that actors and actresses would demand higher pay if they became well known, refused to give their names?

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

5. Boorstin concludes Chapter 6 - Section V by stating that we must be able to reach beyond into novel experiences and ideas and thus become aware of our what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the first two aspects of images discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section I?

3. What is the first aspect of "successful advertising" described by Boorstin? What example does he provide?

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

5. How does Boorstin compare domestic and foreign issues in Chapter 6 - Section III?

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

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

8. How does Boorstin define movies as a pseudo-event?

9. What suggestions does Boorstin give to the American people at the close of the book?

10. What changes to the printing industry does Boorstin describe in Chapter 4 - Section I?

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