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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Section V-XI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative or meta-narrative?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Nonreality.
(c) Hyper-reality.
(d) Post-modernism.

2. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?
(a) Iraq.
(b) Russia.
(c) Iran.
(d) China.

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

4. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?
(a) Johannes Gutenberg.
(b) Stephan Michaelson.
(c) Richard M. Hoe.
(d) Henry Watson.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?

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?

4. What term refers to the process of making something commercial?

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

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