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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. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 1 - Section V, that the advances made in American society have served to "blur the edges of" what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Commercialism.
(c) Reality.
(d) Commerce.

2. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?
(a) Anderson Field, MA.
(b) Lockton Field, NY.
(c) Roosevelt Field, NY.
(d) Fort Williams Field, NC.

3. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1950.

4. What title did Mussolini go by after 3 years in office as Prime Minister?
(a) Mein Furor.
(b) Il Capitain.
(c) Il Deuce.
(d) Il Furor.

5. When did Karl Baedeker die?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1905.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

2. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?

3. Where did Conrad Hilton purchase his first hotel?

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

5. When was the Ford Model T introduced?

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