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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 was Al Capone indicted for income tax evasion and various violations of the Volstead Act?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1919.
2. Established by Boorstin, what is the first way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They can be repeated.
(b) They are easier to distribute.
(c) They are more dramatic.
(d) They are less dramatic.
3. What was the distance of Charles Lindbergh's historic monoplane flight across the Atlantic?
(a) 4,000 miles.
(b) 2,500 miles.
(c) 3,000 miles.
(d) 3,600 miles.
4. What word means to represent concretely, to externalize?
(a) Assert.
(b) Project.
(c) Objectify.
(d) Dejectify.
5. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?
(a) Creator.
(b) Viewer.
(c) Catalyst.
(d) Instigator.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Charles Lindbergh born?
2. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?
3. What term does Boorstin assert has been relegated to the experiences of young children or naïve adults?
4. When was the hotel coupon introduced to the touring industry in London?
5. Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in what year?
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