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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. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?
(a) Scale models.
(b) Enlarged.
(c) Reproductions.
(d) Authentic.

2. When was Che Guevara born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1942.
(d) 1928.

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

4. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Animal cruelty.
(c) Hyper reality.
(d) Consumerism.

5. What is the fourth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(b) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(d) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Two Families of Objects," Eco cites Karl Marx implying that markets are the very places in which the goods that are being sold do what?

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

4. What American film star was killed by the Manson family?

5. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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