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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. With whom did Charles Lindbergh sign a contract for his story of the famous monoplane flight?
(a) CBS.
(b) New York Times.
(c) USA Today.
(d) Chicago Tribune.

2. When was Charles Lindbergh born?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

3. 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.

4. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?
(a) The Sistine Chapel.
(b) Milan Cathedral.
(c) St. Patrick Cathedral.
(d) The Louvre.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the hotel coupon introduced to the touring industry in London?

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

3. Where was Karl Baedeker born?

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

5. Boorstin opens Chapter 3 - Section VI talking about the changes in our understanding of time and what?

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