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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. Who directed Casablanca?
(a) Michael Curtiz.
(b) George Stevens.
(c) Elia Kazan.
(d) George Stevens.

2. When was Leon Foucault born?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1819.

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

4. In "Two Families of Objects," Eco states that all of the objects for sale represent a kind of what?
(a) "Undifferentiated desire."
(b) "Useless junk."
(c) "Obscurity."
(d) "Unique appeal."

5. Where was Jim Jones from?
(a) Idaho.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Iowa.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco writes that the deployment of what "is religion, politics, ideology"?

2. Eco writes, "Only when the song has become entirely unpleasant will the audience" do what?

3. Eco argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?

4. Eco asserts in discussing Jim Jones that cults are inevitably formed in a time of what?

5. In "Culture as a Show Business" Eco discusses the fact that culture until recently dictated that things must be what?

(see the answer key)

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