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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. What is the second realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Television.
(b) Nature.
(c) Religion.
(d) Art and museums.

2. Where was the first Six Flags established?
(a) Arlington, Texas.
(b) Gurnee, Illinois.
(c) Denver, Colorado.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

3. Where was Karl Marx born?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) Russia.
(d) Poland.

4. What is the seventh type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages of Decadentism.

5. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?
(a) The big top.
(b) The Palazzo.
(c) Ripley's Museums.
(d) The Bellagio.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Che Guevara born?

3. What famous work did Karl Marx write with Friedrich Engels?

4. Marshall McLuhan states that the constant barrage of information leads to what?

5. In "Living in the New Middle Ages," Eco asserts that one of the hallmarks of the Middle Ages was the decline of a period of peace that was brought about by what?

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