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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Section IV-VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?
(a) Appealing truths.
(b) Ambiguous truths.
(c) Ambiguous falsehoods.
(d) Appealing falsehoods.

2. Where is Reader's Digest based?
(a) New York, New York.
(b) Portland, Oregon.
(c) Chappaqua, New York.
(d) San Francisco, California.

3. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?
(a) Instigator.
(b) Viewer.
(c) Creator.
(d) Catalyst.

4. When did Karl Baedeker die?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1859.

5. What is the first of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
(a) There is always more that the world can provide.
(b) Money can buy anything.
(c) Time is of the essence.
(d) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Karl Baedeker followed the model of English guide books instituted by whom?

3. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?

4. What is the sixth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

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

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