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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Ford Model T introduced?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1908.

2. What does Boorstin assert inevitably give a false representation of a country because they have been specially selected and taken from context?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Tourist attractions.
(c) Tour guides.
(d) The media.

3. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?
(a) Money exchange stations.
(b) Exotic restaurants.
(c) Tour guides.
(d) Local atmosphere.

4. What is the fourth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is vivid.
(b) It is believable.
(c) It is synthetic.
(d) It is ambiguous.

5. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Fame.
(c) Greatness.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?

2. What is the sixth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

3. What is the third characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

4. How many cars were registered in the United States in 1900?

5. Boorstin writes that the image must exist in a kind of liminal state "between expectation and" what?

(see the answer key)

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