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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Section I-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. With whom did Charles Lindbergh sign a contract for his story of the famous monoplane flight?
(a) CBS.
(b) USA Today.
(c) New York Times.
(d) Chicago Tribune.

3. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Stephan Michaelson.
(c) Henry Watson.
(d) Richard M. Hoe.

4. Established by Boorstin, what is the first way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They are easier to distribute.
(b) They are more dramatic.
(c) They can be repeated.
(d) They are less dramatic.

5. What refers to a single complete page, front and back, in a finished book?
(a) Single.
(b) Press page.
(c) Leaf.
(d) Double.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

2. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?

3. What is the name of a small press capable of printing small-format pieces such as billheads, letterheads, business cards, and envelopes?

4. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?

5. Boorstin opens Chapter 3 - Section VI talking about the changes in our understanding of time and what?

(see the answer key)

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