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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. When was Charles Lindbergh born?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1900.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1911.

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

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

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

5. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?
(a) Edward L. Bernays.
(b) Edward L. Bynay.
(c) Edward R. Burns.
(d) Edward A. Smith.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?

2. Pseudo-events, according to Boorstin, create distortion through what?

3. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?

4. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?

5. What is the third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Boorstin write of the impact of the Graphic Revolution, in Chapter 1 - Section II?

2. How does Boorstin describe tourism in America in Chapter 3 - Section V?

3. What does Boorstin write all tourist attractions share, in Chapter 3 - Section IV? What effect does this have on travelers?

4. What has psychological analysis done to the old heroic form, according to Boorstin?

5. What does Boorstin write of "local atmosphere" in tourist destinations?

6. How does Boorstin describe the power of celebrity to obscure and destroy the heroic?

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

8. How do the personalities of celebrities evolve, according to Boorstin?

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

10. How did the "Crime of the Century" affect Lindbergh's celebrity?

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