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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Section I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?
(a) Emulated.
(b) Mass-produced.
(c) Copied.
(d) Destroyed.

2. When did Karl Baedeker die?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1805.

3. What refers to a person or thing that draws, allures, or entices?
(a) Attraction.
(b) Fortress.
(c) Seductress.
(d) Cultivation.

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

5. 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 Grand Inquisition.
(c) The Great Cleansing.
(d) The Great Purge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the third characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

2. Karl Baedeker followed the model of English guide books instituted by whom?

3. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?

4. When was the Ford Model T introduced?

5. What is the fourth characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

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