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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Section I-IV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Al Capone born?
(a) Queens, NY.
(b) Booklyn, NY.
(c) Naperville, IL.
(d) Chicago, IL.

2. Who developed an early printing press in 1436?
(a) Henry Watson.
(b) Stephan Michaelson.
(c) Galileo Galilei.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

3. Karl Baedeker followed the model of English guide books instituted by whom?
(a) James Anderson.
(b) Michael Miller.
(c) John Murray.
(d) Thomas Cook.

4. Where was Karl Baedeker observed to drop a pea on every twentieth step of the staircase to the roof, so he could report the number of steps accurately?
(a) Milan Cathedral.
(b) St. Patrick Cathedral.
(c) The Louvre.
(d) The Sistine Chapel.

5. Established by Boorstin, what is the first 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Charles Lindbergh marry?

2. What word refers to that which is important, highly significant, or consequential?

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

4. Boorstin asserts, in Chapter 2 - Section I, that Americans have fooled themselves about how much _____ is contained in the world and in individuals.

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

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