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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 did construction start on the Roman Colosseum?
(a) 12 A.D.
(b) 72 A.D.
(c) 22 B.C.
(d) 65 B.C.

2. Eco compares cults to what, which he asserts have existed at least since the time of Christ?
(a) Dictators.
(b) Millenarian dynamics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sports.

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

4. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?
(a) Sacramento, California.
(b) Malibu, California.
(c) San Jose, California.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco suggests that the vital essence of sports becomes further removed by what?

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

3. Eco asserts that because of the multinational arrangement, there is no head of a particular government or country that can be toppled in order to change what?

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

5. Eco discusses the current cultural fascination with the Middle Ages that he refers to as what?

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