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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, according to the author, is always in the present and requires a constant stream of publicity and pseudo-events to maintain its status?
(a) Political favor.
(b) Celebrity.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Public favor.

2. What were Thomas Cook's circular notes better known as?
(a) Credit slips.
(b) Travel coupons.
(c) Traveler's Cheques.
(d) Credit cards.

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

4. What is the third characteristic of the pseudo-event, according to Boorstin?
(a) Its purpose is to be recreated or reported.
(b) It is intended as a self-fulfilling prophecy.
(c) It is intentionally created.
(d) It is ambiguous.

5. What does Boorstin assert has been provided in exotic locations, in Chapter 3 - Section IV?
(a) Tour guides.
(b) Local atmosphere.
(c) Exotic restaurants.
(d) Money exchange stations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 3?

2. When did Mussolini become the Prime Minister of Italy?

3. With whom did Thomas Cook form a partnership and rename the travel agency as Thomas Cook and Son?

4. The second aspect of successful advertising discussed by Boorstin in Chapter 5 - Section IV is what?

5. Established by Boorstin, what is the second way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?

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