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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. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?
(a) The mobile phone.
(b) The leak.
(c) The wire tap.
(d) The FBI.

2. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?
(a) The Nazi Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) National Fascist Party.
(d) The Italian Nationalist Party.

3. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?
(a) Media.
(b) Religion.
(c) Image.
(d) Ambiguity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did urban tourism in America become a profitable industry, as the number of tour agencies, railroad passenger departments, guidebook publishers, and travel writers grew at a fast pace?

2. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest create themselves?

3. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?

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

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

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