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

2. Boorstin writes that the image must exist in a kind of liminal state "between expectation and" what?
(a) Morality.
(b) Reality.
(c) Logic.
(d) Truth.

3. What is the third characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is believable.
(b) It is passive.
(c) It is ambiguous.
(d) It is synthetic.

4. What title did Mussolini go by after 3 years in office as Prime Minister?
(a) Il Capitain.
(b) Mein Furor.
(c) Il Deuce.
(d) Il Furor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a person or thing that draws, allures, or entices?

2. Boorstin begins Chapter 5 - Section II discussing the differences between "ideal-thinking" and what?

3. Boorstin states that psychological analysis has effectively turned the actions of heroes into compensations for what?

4. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?

5. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?

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