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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?
(a) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(b) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) It is intentionally created.
(d) It is ambiguous.

2. Who opened the first motel as a new form of accommodation in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952?
(a) William Berkshire.
(b) James Anderson.
(c) Conrad Hilton.
(d) Kemmons Wilson.

3. What is the fourth quality of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) It is intentionally created.
(b) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) It is ambiguous.
(d) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.

4. 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) Red carpet event.
(b) Attraction.
(c) Non-event.
(d) Pseudo-event.

5. What was one of Charles Lindbergh's nicknames?
(a) Lucky Chuck.
(b) Wings.
(c) Lucky Lindy.
(d) The Flyer.

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

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

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

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

10. Boorstin posits that in addition to destroying old heroes ____ has made it difficult to create and recognize new heroes.
(a) News media.
(b) Democracy.
(c) The printing press.
(d) Technology.

11. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?
(a) Alexander Mason Cook.
(b) John A. Mason Cook.
(c) Andrew Michael Cook.
(d) Thomas Cook, Jr.

12. When was Thomas Cook born?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1825.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1808.

13. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.
(a) Poverty.
(b) Greatness.
(c) Wealthy.
(d) Fame.

14. 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) Newspaper.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Pseudo-event.

15. 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) Stolen.
(b) Hijacked.
(c) Smuggled.
(d) Liberated.

Short Answer Questions

1. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest create themselves?

2. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

3. What term refers to that which is of foreign origin or character, not native, introduced from abroad, but not fully naturalized or acclimatized?

4. Boorstin writes that the telling of news has changed from reporting what was seen to what?

5. How many people were aboard Thomas Cook's first train tour to Scotland?

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