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

2. When was the hotel coupon introduced to the touring industry in London?
(a) 1866.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1846.

3. In what year did urban tourism in America become a profitable industry, as the number of tour agencies, railroad passenger departments, guidebook publishers, and travel writers grew at a fast pace?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1915.

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

5. What book of Walter Lippman's does Boorstin cite, in Chapter 1 - Section V?
(a) Sociological Justices.
(b) Public Opinion.
(c) Mein Kampf.
(d) The Origins of Family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the Ford Model T introduced?

2. Who opened the first motel as a new form of accommodation in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952?

3. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?

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

5. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?

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