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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI - Chapter 4 133-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Umberto Eco from?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Poland.
(d) Hungary.

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

3. 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) 1978.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1971.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychologists to aid a client or patient in problems of living?

2. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?

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

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

5. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?

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