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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. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?
(a) The leak.
(b) The wire tap.
(c) The mobile phone.
(d) The FBI.

2. 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?
(a) Non-event.
(b) Red carpet event.
(c) Attraction.
(d) Pseudo-event.

3. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?
(a) World Wide Web.
(b) The printing press.
(c) Graphic Revolution.
(d) Media Revolution.

4. Who developed a technique of calling morning press conferences to announce afternoon press conferences in order to enhance his prestige?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Joseph McCarthy.
(c) Dwight Eisenhower.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Boorstin claim was a major figure of presidential creation of pseudo-events, including his solidification of the presidential press conference and his fireside chats?

2. What does Boorstin refer to pseudo-events as, in Chapter 1 - Section IV?

3. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?

4. What is the first of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

5. What refers to a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative or meta-narrative?

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