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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Section IV-VI.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What refers to a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment?
(a) Desire.
(b) Intention.
(c) Obstacle.
(d) Objective.
2. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?
(a) It is ambiguous.
(b) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(c) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) It is intentionally created.
3. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?
(a) Instantaneous.
(b) Structured.
(c) Spontaneous.
(d) Combustive.
4. Who developed an early printing press in 1436?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Galileo Galilei.
(c) Stephan Michaelson.
(d) Henry Watson.
5. The second aspect of successful advertising discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section IV is what?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Appeal of the half-intelligible.
(c) Appeal of the self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) Appeal of the contrived.
Short Answer Questions
1. The fourth aspect of successful advertising discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section IV is what?
2. When was Thomas Cook born?
3. When was the Ford Model T introduced?
4. When was Mein Kampf published?
5. Boorstin writes in Chapter 5 that "God himself becomes not a power but" what?
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