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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Russia.
(b) China.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.

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

4. Pseudo-events tend to do what to the human experience, according to Boorstin?
(a) Objectify it.
(b) Embellish it.
(c) Diminish it.
(d) Narrow it.

5. Boorstin opens Chapter 3 - Section VI talking about the changes in our understanding of time and what?
(a) Space.
(b) Travel.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Family.

6. In what year did popular publications print articles showing the car was cheaper to operate than the horse?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1825.
(d) 1895.

7. 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?
(a) Independent travel.
(b) Inclusive independent travel.
(c) Exclusive independent travel.
(d) Interactive independent travel.

8. Who wrote Mein Kampf?
(a) Friedrich Engels.
(b) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(c) Benito Mussolini.
(d) Adolph Hitler.

9. 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) 1900.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1856.

10. The argument is made, in Chapter 3 - Section IV, that the objects in museums were ____ from the homes of the wealthy and famous to be available for all to view.
(a) Liberated.
(b) Smuggled.
(c) Stolen.
(d) Hijacked.

11. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Greatness.
(c) Fame.
(d) Wealth.

12. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?
(a) Masses.
(b) Population.
(c) Folks.
(d) Public.

13. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?
(a) The Whig Party.
(b) The Nazi Party.
(c) The Italian Nationalist Party.
(d) National Fascist Party.

14. 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.

15. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They can be repeated.
(b) They are less dramatic.
(c) They are easier to distribute.
(d) They are more dramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one of Charles Lindbergh's nicknames?

2. Where was Al Capone born?

3. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?

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

5. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?

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