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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. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 4,000 miles.
(b) 2,500 miles.
(c) 3,600 miles.
(d) 3,000 miles.

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

3. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Image.
(c) Media.
(d) Religion.

4. When was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1941.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1940.

5. Boorstin relates pre-packaged travel to what activity, in Chapter 3 - Section I?
(a) Reading a book.
(b) Watching a movie.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Cooking dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Adolf Hitler born?

2. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

3. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?

4. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?

5. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest create themselves?

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