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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 was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1919.

2. What does Boorstin assert inevitably give a false representation of a country because they have been specially selected and taken from context?
(a) Tourist attractions.
(b) Tour guides.
(c) The media.
(d) Restaurants.

3. What is the name of a small press capable of printing small-format pieces such as billheads, letterheads, business cards, and envelopes?
(a) Jobbing press.
(b) Needle press.
(c) Probing press.
(d) Letterhead press.

4. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?
(a) Public.
(b) Folks.
(c) Population.
(d) Masses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Established by Boorstin, what is the second way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

2. When does Boorstin say books began to be made cheaper, due to a variety of factors, in Chapter 4 - Section I?

3. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?

4. What title did Mussolini go by after 3 years in office as Prime Minister?

5. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?

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