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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Section I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?
(a) Political favor.
(b) Public favor.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Celebrity.

2. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1915.

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

4. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?
(a) Newsworthy.
(b) Believable.
(c) Aligned politically.
(d) Probable.

5. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest create themselves?
(a) Pseudo-events.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Celebrities.
(d) Politicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 1 - Section V, that the advances made in American society have served to "blur the edges of" what?

2. When was Charles Lindbergh born?

3. How many people were aboard Thomas Cook's first train tour to Scotland?

4. When was Benito Mussolini born?

5. What was one of Charles Lindbergh's nicknames?

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