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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest are created by the media?
(a) Politicians.
(b) Celebrities.
(c) Pseudo-events.
(d) Heroes.

2. Boorstin states, in Chapter 3 - Section I, that in today's travel there is very little what?
(a) Risk.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Interaction.
(d) Time.

3. Boorstin writes that the telling of news has changed from reporting what was seen to what?
(a) Commenting on what is seen.
(b) Actively creating what is seen.
(c) Participating in what is seen.
(d) Reacting to what is seen.

4. In what year did urban tourism in America become a profitable industry, as the number of tour agencies, railroad passenger departments, guidebook publishers, and travel writers grew at a fast pace?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1959.

5. 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?
(a) SoHo.
(b) Broadway.
(c) Main Stage.
(d) West End.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did Thomas Cook's train tours first go to Scotland?

3. Where did Conrad Hilton purchase his first hotel?

4. What refers to inexpensive fiction magazines published from 1896 through the 1950s?

5. Daniel J. Boorstin was appointed twelfth Librarian of the United States Congress from 1975 until when?

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