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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 major movie studio did Carl Laemmle originate?

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

3. What word does Boorstin suggest we created out of the need to express the specialness of that which is real, in Chapter 6 - Section III?

4. Who founded Reader's Digest?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Describe Adolph Hitler's discussion of propaganda in Mein Kampf. How did Hitler implement this technique in order to gain control in Germany?

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