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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to an activity that exists for the sole purpose of the media publicity and serves little to no other function in real life?
(a) Pseudo-event.
(b) Non-event.
(c) Red carpet event.
(d) Attraction.

2. When did Karl Baedeker institute a star system in his travel guides?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1902.
(c) 1867.
(d) 1859.

3. Who did Charles Lindbergh marry?
(a) Mary Anne Doherty.
(b) Sarah Morrow.
(c) Anne Morrow.
(d) Elizabeth Winchester.

4. What form of travel, initiated by Thomas Cook, had the traveler go independently, while Cook's agency charged for travel, food, and accommodation for a fixed period over any chosen route?
(a) Exclusive independent travel.
(b) Interactive independent travel.
(c) Inclusive independent travel.
(d) Independent travel.

5. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin uses an example from the 1950s in which a story was released about an imminent attack by whom?
(a) China.
(b) Iran.
(c) Russia.
(d) Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Thomas Cook conduct his first train tour?

3. What, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?

4. What term refers to the process of making something commercial?

5. When did Joseph Stalin assume the role of head of state of Russia?

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