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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Pseudo-event.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Propaganda.

2. Who wrote Mein Kampf?
(a) Benito Mussolini.
(b) Friedrich Engels.
(c) Adolph Hitler.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

3. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?
(a) Nonreality.
(b) Pseudo-event.
(c) Superreality.
(d) Hyper-reality.

4. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
(a) There is always more that the world can provide.
(b) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires.
(c) Money can buy anything.
(d) Time is of the essence.

5. What is the third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(b) It is intentionally created.
(c) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(d) It is ambiguous.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?

2. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?

3. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?

4. What is the first aspect of a pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?

5. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.

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