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

2. When did Charles Lindbergh make his famous flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1915.

3. How many main "extravagant expectations" does Boorstin posit Americans hold?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

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 Lucky Lindy.
(c) The Spirit of America.
(d) The Lindbergh Jewel.

5. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
(a) Money can buy anything.
(b) There is always more that the world can provide.
(c) Time is of the essence.
(d) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?

2. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?

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

4. Where did Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic end?

5. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?

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