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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 means to make uniform or similar, as in composition or function?
(a) Uniformize.
(b) Conform.
(c) Homogenize.
(d) Amass.

2. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?
(a) The FBI.
(b) The mobile phone.
(c) The wire tap.
(d) The leak.

3. What is the second of the "extravagant expectations" held by Americans, according to Boorstin?
(a) Money can buy anything.
(b) There is always more that the world can provide.
(c) We have unlimited power to fashion the world to our desires.
(d) Time is of the essence.

4. When was the hotel coupon introduced to the touring industry in London?
(a) 1859.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1866.

5. According to Walter Lippman, a ____ is a way of giving rapid meaning to an external person or situation to help one orient to a world full of confusing and overwhelming experiences.
(a) Archetype.
(b) Stereotype.
(c) Propaganda.
(d) Pseudo-event.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin asserts that the influx of pseudo-events has caused the confusion of participant and what roles?

2. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?

3. When was Thomas Cook born?

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

5. What political party did Benito Mussolini lead?

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