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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1931.

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

4. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?
(a) Celebrity.
(b) Public favor.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Political favor.

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

6. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?
(a) Norman Schwarzkopf.
(b) Paul Skawinski.
(c) Anderson Williams.
(d) Michael Jameson.

7. Who does Boorstin claim was a major figure of presidential creation of pseudo-events, including his solidification of the presidential press conference and his fireside chats?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) John F. Kennedy.
(c) Hubert Humphrey.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

8. Where did Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic end?
(a) McMorris Field, UK.
(b) Paris International Airport.
(c) Le Bourget Field, Paris.
(d) London International Airport.

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

10. How many cars were registered in the United States in 1900?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 30,000.
(d) 8,000.

11. What word refers to that which is coming or resulting from a natural impulse or tendency, without effort or premeditation, natural and unconstrained?
(a) Spontaneous.
(b) Structured.
(c) Instantaneous.
(d) Combustive.

12. With whom did Charles Lindbergh sign a contract for his story of the famous monoplane flight?
(a) Chicago Tribune.
(b) New York Times.
(c) CBS.
(d) USA Today.

13. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.
(a) Stereotype.
(b) Propaganda.
(c) Pseudo-event.
(d) Archetype.

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

15. In what year did Karl Baedeker start his publishing company?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1800.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1827.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Karl Baedeker die?

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

3. When did Karl Baedeker institute a star system in his travel guides?

4. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

5. What were Thomas Cook's circular notes better known as?

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