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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did popular publications print articles showing the car was cheaper to operate than the horse?
(a) 1825.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1895.
(d) 1925.

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

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

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

5. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?
(a) Creator.
(b) Viewer.
(c) Instigator.
(d) Catalyst.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?

2. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?

3. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest are created by the media?

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

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

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