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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 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?

2. What French sociologist, philosopher, cultural theorist, and photographer is frequently associated with postmodernism and post-structuralism?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the fourth aspect of the image, according to Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section I?

8. What suggestion does Boorstin state for Americans to improve their image to the world?

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

10. How does Boorstin define "passivity" in the image in Chapter 5 - Section I?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was Karl Baedeker? What advances did he make in the tourism industry? What were the effects?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How are stereotypes distinguished from pseudo-events and propaganda by Boorstin? Who does Boorstin cite in defining stereotype?

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