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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI Chapter 6 239-268.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What period followed the Middle Ages?
(a) The Early Modern Era.
(b) The Bronze Age.
(c) The Late Mordern Era.
(d) The Electronic Age.

2. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?
(a) Black holes.
(b) Hyper reality.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Hermits.

3. Where was Hans Sedlmayr born?
(a) Russia.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

4. What American film star was killed by the Manson family?
(a) Gary Hinman.
(b) Bernard Crowe.
(c) Sharon Tate.
(d) Leno LaBianca.

5. Sedlmayr asserts that what is a rejection of the upward thrust of other buildings and implies that it means a disconnection from the earth?
(a) The "cantilever."
(b) The "platform."
(c) The see-saw."
(d) The "plank."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Disneyland Park located?

2. Eco believes that Sedlmayr's entire book exists to provide evidence of what?

3. What does Eco define as "the simplest narrative unit"?

4. What refers to a series of wax museums found throughout the country that are famous for their attention to detail and for having some truly unique objects found nowhere else?

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

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