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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book of Walter Lippman's does Boorstin cite, in Chapter 1 - Section V?
(a) The Origins of Family.
(b) Mein Kampf.
(c) Public Opinion.
(d) Sociological Justices.

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

3. How many people did Thomas Cook claim to have arranged to attend the Great Exhibition?
(a) 150,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 100,000.

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

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-event.
(b) From Traveler to Tourist: The Lost Art of Travel.
(c) From Shapes to Shadows: Dissolving Forms.
(d) From News Gathering to News Making: A Flood of Pseudo-events.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?

2. What term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?

3. When was Charles Lindbergh born?

4. Established by Boorstin, what is the first way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

5. What name referred to Stalin's campaign to purge the Communist Party of people accused of sabotage, terrorism, or treachery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparison does Boorstin make between celebrities and heroes in Chapter 2 - Section IV?

2. How does Boorstin compare travel of the past with the present, in Chapter 3 - Section I?

3. What does Boorstin write of the American concept of "greatness," in Chapter 2 - Section I?

4. Who was Karl Baedeker? What did he pioneer?

5. What extravagant expectations does Boorstin assert consumes the American psyche?

6. What is the effect of the extravagant expectations held by Americans, according to Boorstin?

7. What does Boorstin write of the news industry in Chapter 1 - Section I?

8. What does Boorstin relate of technology and the sciences in Chapter 2 - Section II?

9. Who defined the term "stereotype," in Chapter 1 - Section V? How does Boorstin relate this definition?

10. What does Boorstin write of the changing nature of travel in Chapter 3?

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