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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title did Mussolini go by after 3 years in office as Prime Minister?
(a) Il Capitain.
(b) Il Deuce.
(c) Mein Furor.
(d) Il Furor.

2. Where did Conrad Hilton purchase his first hotel?
(a) New York.
(b) France.
(c) Canada.
(d) Mexico.

3. Who invented the steam powered rotary printing press in 1843 in the United States?
(a) Stephan Michaelson.
(b) Richard M. Hoe.
(c) Henry Watson.
(d) Johannes Gutenberg.

4. What does Boorstin assert inevitably give a false representation of a country because they have been specially selected and taken from context?
(a) Tourist attractions.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Tour guides.
(d) The media.

5. When was Reader's Digest founded?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1949.

Short Answer Questions

1. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 2 - Section 1, that heroes can now be what?

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

3. What is the first characteristic of the image, according to Boorstin?

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

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

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