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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1932.

2. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?
(a) Population.
(b) Public.
(c) Folks.
(d) Masses.

3. Boorstin concludes Chapter 6 - Section V by stating that we must be able to reach beyond into novel experiences and ideas and thus become aware of our what?
(a) Images.
(b) Reality.
(c) Ideals.
(d) Illusions.

4. What term refers to that pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Foreign.
(c) Domestic.
(d) Nationalist.

5. In Chapter 6 - Section I, Boorstin suggests that America return to its ____ and cease communicating with the rest of the world in image.
(a) Standards.
(b) Ideals.
(c) Archetype.
(d) Prestige.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin assert inevitably give a false representation of a country because they have been specially selected and taken from context?

2. Established by Boorstin, what is the first way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

3. Boorstin suggests we are in danger if we forget that the experiences which can't be captured by the camera can still be captured in a what?

4. What is the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics?

5. What term does Boorstin assert has been relegated to the experiences of young children or naïve adults?

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