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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) Tour guides.
(b) Local atmosphere.
(c) Exotic restaurants.
(d) Money exchange stations.

2. What term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?
(a) Fame.
(b) Prowess.
(c) Celebrity.
(d) Greatness.

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

4. Boorstin writes in Chapter 5 that "God himself becomes not a power but" what?
(a) An advertisement.
(b) An image.
(c) A nonentity.
(d) A myth.

5. What refers to a person or thing that draws, allures, or entices?
(a) Attraction.
(b) Cultivation.
(c) Seductress.
(d) Fortress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the familiar hallmark of Baedeker guides?

2. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.

3. When was the Ford Model T introduced?

4. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

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

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