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

2. What is the first characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is synthetic.
(b) It is simplified.
(c) It is ambiguous.
(d) It is believable.

3. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?
(a) Emulated.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Copied.
(d) Mass-produced.

4. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1960s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Karl Baedeker institute a star system in his travel guides?

2. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?

3. When was the Ford Model T introduced?

4. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?

5. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

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