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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 suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?
(a) Emulated.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Copied.
(d) Mass-produced.

2. What term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Prowess.
(c) Fame.
(d) Greatness.

3. Boorstin suggests we are in danger if we forget that the experiences which can't be captured by the camera can still be captured in a what?
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Reality.
(c) Experience.
(d) Book.

4. What major movie studio did Carl Laemmle originate?
(a) MGM.
(b) Universal Studios.
(c) Paramount Pictures.
(d) General Film Company.

5. When did Karl Baedeker die?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1847.
(d) 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin opens Chapter 3 - Section VI talking about the changes in our understanding of time and what?

2. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?

3. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?

4. The argument is made, in Chapter 3 - Section IV, that the objects in museums were ____ from the homes of the wealthy and famous to be available for all to view.

5. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?

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