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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII - Chapter 5 181 - 196.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marshall McLuhan states that the constant barrage of information leads to what?
(a) A slowing of the human thought process.
(b) A loss of self.
(c) An overabundance of trivial knowledge.
(d) A passive ingestion of media.

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

3. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?
(a) Subordinateness.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Knowledge.

4. What is the first type of object Eco analyzes in "Two Families of Objects"?
(a) The antique object.
(b) The beautiful object.
(c) The significant object.
(d) The common object.

5. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?
(a) Audio-animatronic technology.
(b) Auto-animatronic technology.
(c) Auto-astronomic technology.
(d) Audio-astronomic technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?

2. What is the sixth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?

3. When was Karl Marx born?

4. What refers to a sovereign state which is viewed as comprising two or more nations?

5. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?

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