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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 ideology of progress is focused on improving society by means of revolution?
(a) Religion.
(b) Negativistic-factual.
(c) Materialistic-historical.
(d) Positivistic-technological.

2. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?
(a) Understand the past.
(b) Learn.
(c) Examine our origins.
(d) Predict the future.

3. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?
(a) Audio-animatronic technology.
(b) Auto-astronomic technology.
(c) Audio-astronomic technology.
(d) Auto-animatronic technology.

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

5. Where was Che Guevara from?
(a) Peru.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Brazil.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

2. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?

3. 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?

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

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

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