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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 states that the more we create images to "expand experience" the more we inevitably narrow experience?
(a) The pseudo-effect.
(b) The mirror effect.
(c) The pseufo-event.
(d) The smoke effect.

2. Boorstin writes in Chapter 5 that "God himself becomes not a power but" what?
(a) An advertisement.
(b) An image.
(c) A myth.
(d) A nonentity.

3. What company advertised the fact that the bottles were "steam-sterilized," neglecting to mention the fact that all the other beer companies used the same process?
(a) Coors Beer.
(b) Schlitz Beer.
(c) Miller Beer.
(d) Budweiser Beer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

2. In Chapter 6 - Section I, Boorstin suggests that America return to its ____ and cease communicating with the rest of the world in image.

3. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?

4. Boorstin claims that in the effort to make art and literature accessible to all, these forms of expression were what?

5. Boorstin writes that our enemies profit from the fact they are known only, or primarily, through their what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Boorstin assert are the greatest challenges for America and our relationship to the rest of the world?

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

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

6. Why does Boorstin believe the American image is viewed negatively by other nations?

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

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

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

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

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