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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V - Chapter 3 113 -132.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the ninth 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 of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
2. What is the first realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Nature.
(c) Sports and arenas.
(d) Art and museums.
3. What period followed the Middle Ages?
(a) The Bronze Age.
(b) The Late Mordern Era.
(c) The Electronic Age.
(d) The Early Modern Era.
4. What were a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group based in Italy and active, via a number of political assassinations, during the "Years of Lead"?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Red Curtain.
(c) The Red Brigades.
(d) The Red Coats.
5. What is the tenth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(b) The expectation of the Millennium.
(c) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(d) The Middle Ages of national identities.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. The two ideologies of progress cited by Eco in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" are suggested by the media to be the foundation for the re-birth of what?
3. In "Striking at the Heart of the State," Eco insists that the truth of a communication lies in how it is ______ more so than the form, content, or vehicle of the message.
4. What is the sixth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
5. Who publishes Superman Comics?
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