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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. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 3,000 miles.
(b) 3,600 miles.
(c) 2,500 miles.
(d) 4,000 miles.

2. What term does Boorstin assert has been relegated to the experiences of young children or naïve adults?
(a) Hero.
(b) Fairy tales.
(c) Celebrity.
(d) Politicians.

3. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.
(a) Archetype.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Pseudo-event.

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

5. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?
(a) Public favor.
(b) Political favor.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Celebrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a person or thing that draws, allures, or entices?

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

3. In what year did Karl Baedeker start his publishing company?

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. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?

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