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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 term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?
(a) Superreality.
(b) Nonreality.
(c) Hyper-reality.
(d) Pseudo-event.

2. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1922.

3. How many people did Thomas Cook claim to have arranged to attend the Great Exhibition?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 200,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 50,000.

4. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1945.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.

3. When did Thomas Cook conduct his first train tour?

4. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

5. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?

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