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

2. Where was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(b) Edmonton, Alberta.
(c) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
(d) Toronto, Ontario.

3. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?
(a) Enlarged.
(b) Authentic.
(c) Reproductions.
(d) Scale models.

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

5. What is the seventh type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages of Decadentism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a museum of memories referred to in German?

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

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

5. In "Striking at the Heart of the State," Eco insists that the truth of a communication lies in how it is ______ more so than the form, content, or vehicle of the message.

(see the answer key)

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