1. Pseudo-events, according to Boorstin, create distortion through what?
(a) Complication.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Ambiguity.
(d) Falsehood.

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

3. 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.
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Archetype.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Pseudo-event.

4. What word means to represent concretely, to externalize?
(a) Assert.
(b) Dejectify.
(c) Objectify.
(d) Project.

5. What major movie studio did Adolf Zukor originate?
(a) General Film Company.
(b) Paramount Pictures.
(c) MGM.
(d) Universal Studios.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?

4. What editor and co-editor of Publishers' Weekly guided the publication through much of the 20th century?

5. What book of Walter Lippman's does Boorstin cite, in Chapter 1 - Section V?

(see the answer key)

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