Chapter 4 Quiz 1

Question 1

How many magazines are published in the United States annually?

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Question 2

The word magazine comes from the French term magasin, which means ______.

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The word magazine comes from the French term magasin, which means ______.
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Question 3

The first publication to use the term magazine in its title was ______.

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The first publication to use the term magazine in its title was ______.
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Question 4

Magazines in colonial America may be credited with ______________.

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Question 5

What factors contributed to the demand for national magazines in the late 1800s?

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Question 6

How did the Postal Act of 1879 benefit magazine publishers?

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Question 7

Who first coined the term muckraking?

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Who first coined the term muckraking?
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Question 8

The use of photos in magazines to document the rhythms of everyday life is known as _______.

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Question 9

The first magazine to reach 2 million in circulation was ___________________.

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Question 10

The success of TV Guide underscored the power of ______.

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The success of TV Guide underscored the power of ______.
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Question 11

How did National Geographic remain profitable when its magazine started to lose circulation in the 1990s?

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How did National Geographic remain profitable when its magazine started to lose circulation in the 1990s?
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Question 12

The over-fifty age group is the ___________ age bracket.

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Question 13

Which of the following is considered an elite magazine?

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Which of the following is considered an elite magazine?
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Question 14

What was the first U.S. tabloid?

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Question 15

It is not uncommon for print magazines to ______________.

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Question 16

Magazines that merge into larger chains are able to ________.

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Question 17

Today, subscriptions account for _______ percent of magazine sales.

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Question 18

Which of the following departments provides all the content for a magazine, excluding ads?

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Question 19

The Condé Nast group owns ___________.

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Question 20

Which of the following is no longer true about magazines in the United States?

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