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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Established by Boorstin, what is the third way pseudo-events can overshadow real or spontaneous events?
(a) They are less dramatic.
(b) They can be repeated.
(c) They are easier to distribute.
(d) They are more dramatic.

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?
(a) Public favor.
(b) Celebrity.
(c) Heroism.
(d) Political favor.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) From Hero to Celebrity: The Human Pseudo-event.
(b) From Traveler to Tourist: The Lost Art of Travel.
(c) From Shapes to Shadows: Dissolving Forms.
(d) From News Gathering to News Making: A Flood of Pseudo-events.

5. Boorstin states, in Chapter 3 - Section I, that in today's travel there is very little what?
(a) Risk.
(b) Time.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Interaction.

6. How much were tickets on Thomas Cook's first train tour?
(a) One pence.
(b) Ten shillings.
(c) One shilling.
(d) Five shillings.

7. 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) Truth.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Commercialism.

8. In Chapter 1 - Section II, Boorstin discusses the temptation of newsmen to make images that were what?
(a) Newsworthy.
(b) Believable.
(c) Aligned politically.
(d) Probable.

9. When did Karl Baedeker die?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1847.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1805.

10. In his argument in Chapter 2 - Section IV, what does Boorstin suggest are created by the media?
(a) Celebrities.
(b) Heroes.
(c) Pseudo-events.
(d) Politicians.

11. Who opened the first motel as a new form of accommodation in Memphis, Tennessee in 1952?
(a) William Berkshire.
(b) Conrad Hilton.
(c) Kemmons Wilson.
(d) James Anderson.

12. 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) Attraction.
(d) Red carpet event.

13. Who wrote Crystallizing Public Opinion?
(a) Edward L. Bynay.
(b) Edward L. Bernays.
(c) Edward A. Smith.
(d) Edward R. Burns.

14. Karl Baedeker followed the model of English guide books instituted by whom?
(a) John Murray.
(b) Thomas Cook.
(c) Michael Miller.
(d) James Anderson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the development of hotels with leisure complexes become a popular development in the United States?

2. What first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police was best known for his involvement in the Lindbergh kidnapping case?

3. Boorstin states that psychological analysis has effectively turned the actions of heroes into compensations for what?

4. What people does Boorstin assert were able to express, ritualize, and create heroes, in Chapter 2 - Section II?

5. What term refers to widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character of renown and public eminence?

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