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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Section V-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boorstin opens Chapter 3 - Section VI talking about the changes in our understanding of time and what?
(a) Commerce.
(b) Family.
(c) Travel.
(d) Space.

2. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?
(a) Edward A. Smith.
(b) Edward L. Bynay.
(c) Edward L. Bernays.
(d) Edward R. Burns.

3. When did Thomas Cook conduct his first train tour?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1852.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1841.

4. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?
(a) Alexander Mason Cook.
(b) Thomas Cook, Jr.
(c) John A. Mason Cook.
(d) Andrew Michael Cook.

5. Boorstin suggests that the graphic revolution and what else are mostly responsible for the abridgment and the mass production of art?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Commercialism.
(c) Media.
(d) Capitalism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?

2. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?

3. What form of travel, initiated by Thomas Cook, had the traveler go independently, while Cook's agency charged for travel, food, and accommodation for a fixed period over any chosen route?

4. Where did Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic end?

5. When was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?

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