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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 Adolf Hitler born?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1905.

2. In what year did Karl Baedeker start his publishing company?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1800.

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

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

5. When did Karl Baedeker institute a star system in his travel guides?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1844.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1902.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did popular publications print articles showing the car was cheaper to operate than the horse?

2. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?

3. Boorstin writes in Chapter 5 that "God himself becomes not a power but" what?

4. What is the fifth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

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

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