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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. How many people were aboard Thomas Cook's first train tour to Scotland?
(a) 200.
(b) 100.
(c) 350.
(d) 250.

2. In what year did Karl Baedeker start his publishing company?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1827.
(d) 1902.

3. When did Thomas Cook conduct his first train tour?
(a) 1841.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1852.
(d) 1865.

4. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Archetype.
(c) Stereotype.
(d) Propaganda.

5. What term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?
(a) Prowess.
(b) Greatness.
(c) Fame.
(d) Celebrity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a single complete page, front and back, in a finished book?

2. What refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theater District, New York?

3. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?

4. What does Boorstin assert inevitably give a false representation of a country because they have been specially selected and taken from context?

5. How much were tickets on Thomas Cook's first train tour?

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