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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 suggests that the Middle Ages was characterized by the heavy emphasis on the formal study of what?
(a) Logic.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) Geography.

2. What term refers to a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Election.
(c) Coup.
(d) Peace treaty.

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

4. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Education.

5. Eco creates a language for talking about communication transmission in which there is a source that sends out a signal via a transmitter through what?
(a) A channel.
(b) A sine wave.
(c) A wavelength.
(d) A transistor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?

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

3. Eco suggests that the multinational system is very stable and that the only danger to it is a situation of what?

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

5. Where was Karl Marx born?

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