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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. In Chapter 5 - Section V, Boorstin states that even ____ have become blurred because of the relentless drive of business and consumerism.
(a) Politicians.
(b) The seasons.
(c) Books.
(d) Movies.

2. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1931.

3. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?
(a) The Sistine Chapel.
(b) Milan Cathedral.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) St. Patrick Cathedral.

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

5. What editor and co-editor of Publishers' Weekly guided the publication through much of the 20th century?
(a) Frederic Gershom Melcher.
(b) Jefferson Andrews.
(c) Neil Jackson Smith.
(d) Henry J. Williamson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

2. What term means to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function?

3. Boorstin suggests that the graphic revolution and what else are mostly responsible for the abridgment and the mass production of art?

4. Where is Reader's Digest based?

5. Where did Conrad Hilton purchase his first hotel?

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