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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.
(a) The printing press.
(b) Technology.
(c) Democracy.
(d) News media.

2. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin suggests that leaks are a form of what by governments?
(a) Amnesty.
(b) Peace negotiations.
(c) Testing.
(d) Arbitration.

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) From Traveler to Tourist: The Lost Art of Travel.
(b) From News Gathering to News Making: A Flood of Pseudo-events.
(c) From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-event.
(d) From Shapes to Shadows: Dissolving Forms.

4. What is the fourth quality of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is intentionally created.
(b) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(d) It is ambiguous.

5. How many people were aboard Thomas Cook's first train tour to Scotland?
(a) 100.
(b) 200.
(c) 350.
(d) 250.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did popular publications print articles showing the car was cheaper to operate than the horse?

2. Who opened the first motel as a new form of accommodation in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952?

3. What is the fifth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

4. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?

5. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?

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