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

2. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?
(a) China.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Russia.
(d) Iran.

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

4. What does Boorstin assert arose spontaneously through "tradition, history, or by God,"are not made simple, are direct and active in the sense that they pull people forward?
(a) Nonevents.
(b) Ideals.
(c) Pseudo-events.
(d) Images.

5. What refers to a form of communication that is aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position?
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Pseudo-event.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Propaganda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the familiar hallmark of Baedeker guides?

2. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

3. Whose best-known films are The Ten Commandments, Cleopatra, and The Greatest Show on Earth?

4. When was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?

5. With whom did Charles Lindbergh sign a contract for his story of the famous monoplane flight?

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