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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6 - Section IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was Charles Lindbergh's infant son kidnapped and murdered in the "Crime of the Century"?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1941.

2. In what year did urban tourism in America become a profitable industry, as the number of tour agencies, railroad passenger departments, guidebook publishers, and travel writers grew at a fast pace?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1959.
(c) 1856.
(d) 1900.

3. What was the name of the plane that Charles Lindbergh made his flight across the Atlantic in?
(a) The Lucky Lindy.
(b) The Spirit of St. Louis.
(c) The Spirit of America.
(d) The Lindbergh Jewel.

4. 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) Public favor.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Celebrity.

5. Boorstin suggests, in Chapter 1 - Section V, that the advances made in American society have served to "blur the edges of" what?
(a) Reality.
(b) Commercialism.
(c) Truth.
(d) Commerce.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6 - Section II, Boorstin warns that America has spent too much time attempting to "perfect our image rather than" what?

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

3. In Chapter 1 - Section IV, Boorstin discusses the formation of what as a communication device for government officials?

4. What refers to purpose or attitude toward the effect of one's actions or conduct?

5. Boorstin claims that in the effort to make art and literature accessible to all, these forms of expression were what?

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