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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. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?
(a) Ultimate counterfeit.
(b) Space and time.
(c) Horror vacui.
(d) Church and state.

2. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1983.

3. 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?
(a) Advanced weapons.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) A superpower.
(d) The plague.

4. Marshall McLuhan suggests that the Middle Ages was characterized by the heavy emphasis on the formal study of what?
(a) Science.
(b) Logic.
(c) Math.
(d) Geography.

5. 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 Brigades.
(b) The Red Coats.
(c) The Red Cross.
(d) The Red Curtain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco compares cults to what, which he asserts have existed at least since the time of Christ?

2. What does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?

3. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

4. In "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" Eco describes sacred rites of whom?

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

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