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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Section I-III.

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

2. Where did Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic end?
(a) Le Bourget Field, Paris.
(b) London International Airport.
(c) McMorris Field, UK.
(d) Paris International Airport.

3. When was Benito Mussolini born?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1869.
(d) 1883.

4. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?
(a) Social forces.
(b) The media.
(c) The public.
(d) Chess.

5. When did Thomas Cook conduct his first train tour?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1852.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin suggests that leaks are a form of what by governments?

2. How much were tickets on Thomas Cook's first train tour?

3. When was Mein Kampf published?

4. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?

5. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?

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