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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Red carpet event.
(c) Attraction.
(d) Non-event.

2. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?
(a) Superreality.
(b) Hyper-reality.
(c) Nonreality.
(d) Pseudo-event.

3. Karl Baedeker followed the model of English guide books instituted by whom?
(a) Thomas Cook.
(b) James Anderson.
(c) John Murray.
(d) Michael Miller.

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) 1959.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1915.

5. What term refers to that which is of foreign origin or character, not native, introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized?
(a) Dangerous.
(b) Other.
(c) Exotic.
(d) Indiginous.

6. What does Boorstin call "a person who is known for his well-knownness"?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Debutante.
(c) Politician.
(d) Heiress.

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

8. Who did Charles Lindbergh marry?
(a) Elizabeth Winchester.
(b) Anne Morrow.
(c) Sarah Morrow.
(d) Mary Anne Doherty.

9. When was Mein Kampf published?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1945.

10. What term refers to that which is not participating readily or actively?
(a) Passive.
(b) Objective.
(c) Subjective.
(d) Interactive.

11. What does Boorstin refer to propaganda as, in Chapter 1- Section IV?
(a) Appealing truths.
(b) Appealing falsehoods.
(c) Ambiguous truths.
(d) Ambiguous falsehoods.

12. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?
(a) The mobile phone.
(b) The leak.
(c) The FBI.
(d) The wire tap.

13. How much were tickets on Thomas Cook's first train tour?
(a) Ten shillings.
(b) One shilling.
(c) Five shillings.
(d) One pence.

14. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin states that psychological analysis has effectively turned the actions of heroes into compensations for what?

2. Boorstin relates pre-packaged travel to what activity, in Chapter 3 - Section I?

3. How many people did Thomas Cook claim to have arranged to attend the Great Exhibition?

4. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?

5. Where was Karl Baedeker born?

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