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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. When did the Red Brigade, headed by Mario Moretti, kidnap the former Christian Democrat Prime Minister Aldo Moro, killing five men of his entourage and subsequently murdering him 54 days later?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1975.

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) Hermits.
(d) Prisoners.

3. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?
(a) Sarasota, Florida.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Savannah, Georgia.
(d) Tallahassee, Florida.

4. What is the sixth 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 Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(c) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.
(d) The Middle Ages of national identities.

5. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Copies.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Concepts.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eco assert is the natural and final extension of photorealism?

3. When was Umberto Eco born?

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

5. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?

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