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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. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They can be repeated.
(b) They are less dramatic.
(c) They are more dramatic.
(d) They are easier to distribute.

2. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?
(a) Milan Cathedral.
(b) St. Patrick Cathedral.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Sistine Chapel.

3. What term means to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function?
(a) Amass.
(b) Uniformize.
(c) Conform.
(d) Homogenize.

4. What does Boorstin refer to pseudo-events as, in Chapter 1 - Section IV?
(a) Ambiguous truths.
(b) Stereotypes.
(c) Ambiguous falsehoods.
(d) Appealing falsehoods.

5. Pseudo-events, according to Boorstin, create distortion through what?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Falsehood.
(c) Complication.
(d) Ambiguity.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?

2. What editor and co-editor of Publishers' Weekly guided the publication through much of the 20th century?

3. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?

4. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

5. When was Benito Mussolini born?

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