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

2. The first aspect of successful advertising discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section IV is what?

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

4. Boorstin suggests in Chapter 6 - Section III that Americans live in a sort of what?

5. What refers to purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shift in the American psyche does Boorstin describe in Chapter 6 - Section I?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Boorstin define "the leak"? What is its purpose? What example does he give from the 1950s?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the impact of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph McCarthy on the pseudo-event in American politics.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss Boorstin's distinction between "folk" and "mass" in the creation and recognition of heroes.

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