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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 writes that advertising helps to make a shift from what is true to what is what?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Believable.
(c) Desired.
(d) Perceived.

2. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?
(a) Thomas Cook, Jr.
(b) Andrew Michael Cook.
(c) Alexander Mason Cook.
(d) John A. Mason Cook.

3. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?
(a) China.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Russia.
(d) Iran.

4. What production company, recognizing that actors and actresses would demand higher pay if they became well known, refused to give their names?
(a) MGM.
(b) Universal Studios.
(c) General Film Company.
(d) Paramount Pictures.

5. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

3. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?

4. What refers to something that is changed or modified to suit new conditions or needs?

5. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?

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