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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. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.
(a) News media.
(b) Technology.
(c) The printing press.
(d) Democracy.

2. What was one of Charles Lindbergh's nicknames?
(a) Lucky Lindy.
(b) Lucky Chuck.
(c) The Flyer.
(d) Wings.

3. Boorstin states, in Chapter 3 - Section I, that in today's travel there is very little what?
(a) Time.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Interaction.
(d) Risk.

4. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?
(a) The Spirit of St. Louis.
(b) The Spirit of America.
(c) The Lindbergh Jewel.
(d) The Lucky Lindy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?

2. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

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

4. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?

5. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?

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