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

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

3. What term refers to the process of making something commercial?
(a) Catalyze.
(b) Advertise.
(c) Commoditize.
(d) Propone.

4. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?
(a) Local atmosphere.
(b) Money exchange stations.
(c) Tour guides.
(d) Exotic restaurants.

5. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 2,500 miles.
(b) 3,600 miles.
(c) 4,000 miles.
(d) 3,000 miles.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?

3. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?

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

5. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?

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