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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 term refers to the process of making something commercial?
(a) Commoditize.
(b) Catalyze.
(c) Propone.
(d) Advertise.

2. What book of Walter Lippman's does Boorstin cite, in Chapter 1 - Section V?
(a) The Origins of Family.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) Sociological Justices.
(d) Public Opinion.

3. Where was Karl Baedeker born?
(a) Russia.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) Essen.
(d) Poland.

4. What book by Walter Lippman does Boorstin discuss in Chapter 5 - Section VI?
(a) Mein Kampf.
(b) The Origins of Family.
(c) Public Opinion.
(d) Beyond Good and Evil.

5. When was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1941.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the official log of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress?

2. What does Boorstin refer to pseudo-events as, in Chapter 1 - Section IV?

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

4. What word means to represent concretely, to externalize?

5. Who developed an early printing press in 1436?

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