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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII Chapter 8 288- 307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a label formulated by US academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals?
(a) Mass-psychosis.
(b) Industrialism.
(c) Post-structuralism.
(d) Neo-Jungianism.

2. What does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?
(a) Crepes.
(b) Creche.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Chalice.

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

4. Eco relates his experience of having the song "Lady Barbara" burst into his head to what?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Heckling.
(c) Booing.
(d) Anticipatory applause.

5. Eco suggests that engaging in sport is now confused with what?
(a) Discussing sport.
(b) Coaching sport.
(c) Watching television.
(d) Admiring sport.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?

2. Eco suggests that consistent use of a single what helps to avoid confusion of interpretation of symbolic messages?

3. In "Two Families of Objects," what market does Eco refer to as a "temple" at which the semiotic signs of consumerism may be studied?

4. Eco suggests that what implies having the conversation that compares the coding at the receiver with the coding at the source?

5. What is the first of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

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