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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI - Chapter 4 133-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Umberto Eco from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Hungary.
(c) France.
(d) Poland.

2. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Money making.
(c) Hope.
(d) Devastation.

3. Where was Jim Jones from?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Idaho.

4. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?
(a) 15th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 6th.

5. Eco suggests that the multinational system is very stable and that the only danger to it is a situation of what?
(a) Economic hardship.
(b) Mass terrorism.
(c) Enraged citizens.
(d) Natural disaster.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

2. What refers to the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication?

3. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion," Eco suggests that the story of what heralds the return to religion?

4. What were a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group based in Italy and active, via a number of political assassinations, during the "Years of Lead"?

5. The two ideologies of progress cited by Eco in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" are suggested by the media to be the foundation for the re-birth of what?

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