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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. When did Charles Lindbergh make his famous flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1927.

2. What refers to a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the rejection of objective truth and global cultural narrative or meta-narrative?
(a) Hyper-reality.
(b) Pseudo-event.
(c) Post-modernism.
(d) Nonreality.

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

4. What major movie studio did Carl Laemmle originate?
(a) MGM.
(b) Paramount Pictures.
(c) Universal Studios.
(d) General Film Company.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boorstin claim increased the ease of creation and transmission of several different types of media?

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

3. 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?

4. What term does Boorstin assert has been relegated to the experiences of young children or naïve adults?

5. What term refers to that pertaining to one's own or a particular country as apart from other countries?

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