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

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

3. In Chapter 1 - Section V, Boorstin discusses a change in the way people relate to truth and to what?
(a) Image.
(b) Media.
(c) Ambiguity.
(d) Religion.

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

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

6. 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) 1915.
(c) 1900.
(d) 1856.

7. What were Thomas Cook's circular notes better known as?
(a) Credit cards.
(b) Traveler's Cheques.
(c) Travel coupons.
(d) Credit slips.

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

9. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by 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.

10. When did Thomas Cook conduct his first train tour?
(a) 1852.
(b) 1841.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1865.

11. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?
(a) Money exchange stations.
(b) Tour guides.
(c) Exotic restaurants.
(d) Local atmosphere.

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

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

14. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?
(a) The Great Famine.
(b) The Great Purge.
(c) The Grand Inquisition.
(d) The Great Cleansing.

15. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?
(a) The public.
(b) Chess.
(c) Social forces.
(d) The media.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Charles Lindbergh marry?

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

3. What term is used in semiotics and postmodern philosophy to describe a hypothetical inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy?

4. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?

5. Who wrote Mein Kampf?

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