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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 is the name of a small press capable of printing small-format pieces such as billheads, letterheads, business cards, and envelopes?
(a) Needle press.
(b) Probing press.
(c) Jobbing press.
(d) Letterhead press.

2. Where did Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic end?
(a) Paris International Airport.
(b) London International Airport.
(c) Le Bourget Field, Paris.
(d) McMorris Field, UK.

3. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?
(a) Edward R. Burns.
(b) Edward L. Bernays.
(c) Edward A. Smith.
(d) Edward L. Bynay.

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

5. When was the Ford Model T introduced?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1916.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?

2. When was Benito Mussolini born?

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

4. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

5. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?

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