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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. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?
(a) Lockton Field, NY.
(b) Roosevelt Field, NY.
(c) Anderson Field, MA.
(d) Fort Williams Field, NC.

2. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Richard M. Hoe.
(c) Henry Watson.
(d) Stephan Michaelson.

3. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?
(a) Michael Jameson.
(b) Norman Schwarzkopf.
(c) Anderson Williams.
(d) Paul Skawinski.

4. What system does Boorstin assert affected "traditional forms of achievement," in Chapter 4 - Section VIII?
(a) The star system.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) The caste system.

5. What form of travel, initiated by Thomas Cook, had the traveler go independently, while Cook's agency charged for travel, food, and accommodation for a fixed period over any chosen route?
(a) Independent travel.
(b) Exclusive independent travel.
(c) Inclusive independent travel.
(d) Interactive independent travel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major movie studio did Carl Laemmle originate?

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

3. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?

4. Boorstin writes that advertising helps to make a shift from what is true to what is what?

5. With whom did Charles Lindbergh sign a contract for his story of the famous monoplane flight?

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