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

3. 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?
(a) Positivistic-technological.
(b) Negativistic-factual.
(c) Materialistic-historical.
(d) Religion.

4. In "Culture as a Show Business" Eco discusses the fact that culture until recently dictated that things must be what?
(a) Hillarious.
(b) Serious.
(c) Accurate.
(d) Truthful.

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

Short Answer 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?

2. What American film star was killed by the Manson family?

3. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?

4. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?

5. What is the first realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

(see the answer key)

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