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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. Boorstin states, in Chapter 3 - Section I, that in today's travel there is very little what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Risk.
(c) Interaction.
(d) Time.

2. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?
(a) Presidential Congressional Record.
(b) Record of the Congressional Committee.
(c) House Record.
(d) Congressional Record.

3. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?
(a) Attraction.
(b) Non-event.
(c) Red carpet event.
(d) Pseudo-event.

4. What type of book binding begins with the signatures of the book as loose pages which are then clamped together?
(a) Cross stitch.
(b) Bind-sew.
(c) Oversew.
(d) Undersew.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Reader's Digest based?

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

3. When did Charles Lindbergh make his famous flight across the Atlantic?

4. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?

5. How many people did Thomas Cook claim to have arranged to attend the Great Exhibition?

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