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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3 - Section I-III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Al Capone die?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1949.

2. What was the departure site for Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean ?
(a) Roosevelt Field, NY.
(b) Lockton Field, NY.
(c) Fort Williams Field, NC.
(d) Anderson Field, MA.

3. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?
(a) Thomas Cook, Jr.
(b) Andrew Michael Cook.
(c) Alexander Mason Cook.
(d) John A. Mason Cook.

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

5. Who developed a technique of calling morning press conferences to announce afternoon press conferences in order to enhance his prestige?
(a) Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) John F. Kennedy.
(d) Joseph McCarthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin writes that critical history and critical biography have reduced heroes to mere pawns of what?

2. In what year did Thomas Cook's train tours first go to Scotland?

3. How many main "extravagant expectations" does Boorstin posit Americans hold?

4. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?

5. What is the second quality of the pseudo-event described by Boorstin?

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