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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. Where did Conrad Hilton purchase his first hotel?
(a) Canada.
(b) Mexico.
(c) France.
(d) New York.

2. What book of Walter Lippman's does Boorstin cite, in Chapter 1 - Section V?
(a) Mein Kampf.
(b) The Origins of Family.
(c) Public Opinion.
(d) Sociological Justices.

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

4. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?
(a) Combustive.
(b) Instantaneous.
(c) Structured.
(d) Spontaneous.

5. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?
(a) National Fascist Party.
(b) The Whig Party.
(c) The Italian Nationalist Party.
(d) The Nazi Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Mussolini go by after 3 years in office as Prime Minister?

2. What term refers to that which is not participating readily or actively?

3. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

4. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?

5. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

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