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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 was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?
(a) Anderson Field, MA.
(b) Fort Williams Field, NC.
(c) Roosevelt Field, NY.
(d) Lockton Field, NY.

2. 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) Time is of the essence.
(c) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires
(d) Money can buy anything.

3. In Chapter 5 - Section V, Boorstin states that even ____ have become blurred because of the relentless drive of business and consumerism.
(a) Books.
(b) Movies.
(c) Politicians.
(d) The seasons.

4. In what year did Thomas Cook's train tours first go to Scotland?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1846.
(d) 1859.

5. What term refers to that which is not participating readily or actively?
(a) Objective.
(b) Interactive.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Passive.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?

3. What type of book binding begins with the signatures of the book as loose pages which are then clamped together?

4. What form of travel, initiated by Thomas Cook, had the traveler go independently, while Cook's agency charged for travel, food, and accommodation for a fixed period over any chosen route?

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

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