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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Reader's Digest based?

3. Boorstin writes that the amount of dissociation has become so absolute that what no longer feels real?

4. Boorstin concludes that the United States in now locked in a pattern of "____" in which "we have fallen in love with our own image."

5. What type of book binding begins with the signatures of the book as loose pages which are then clamped together?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What was the impact of Muzak, according to Boorstin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Thomas Cook. What impact did Cook have on the tourism industry? How?

Essay Topic 2

When was the Graphic Revolution? What impact did it have on culture and society? How does Boorstin view the effect of the Graphic Revolution?

Essay Topic 3

Define pseudo-event. How does Boorstin apply this term to American culture today? How did the pseudo-event develop?

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