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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX Chapter 5 197- 218.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Eco describe as "stereotyped situations derived from preceding textual tradition"?
(a) Inter-textual frames.
(b) Pre-textural frames.
(c) Post-texural frames.
(d) Omni-textural frames.

3. In "Two Families of Objects," Eco states that all of the objects for sale represent a kind of what?
(a) "Obscurity."
(b) "Useless junk."
(c) "Unique appeal."
(d) "Undifferentiated desire."

4. When was Jim Jones born?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1925.

5. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(b) The New York School of Geography.
(c) The New York School of Holography.
(d) The New York School of Geology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?

2. In "Two Families of Objects," what market does Eco refer to as a "temple" at which the semiotic signs of consumerism may be studied?

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

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

5. In "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" Eco writes that media employees are often hampered by the form of the media to the extent that it is not what?

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