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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. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?
(a) Orlando, Florida.
(b) Palm Beach, Florida.
(c) Tampa, Florida.
(d) Key West, Florida.

2. In what essay does Eco discuss the qualities of blue jeans?
(a) "Lumbar Thought."
(b) "Denim Nightmare."
(c) "Cowboy Pants."
(d) "Levi's Plague."

3. When was Che Guevara born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1942.

4. Eco suggests that the vital essence of sports becomes further removed by what?
(a) Sports press.
(b) Angry fans.
(c) Commercialism.
(d) Losing.

5. What is the fifth 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 of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

2. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?

3. Eco asserts that sport now exists mainly for what reasons?

4. What refers to something such as an particular mark that represents some piece of information?

5. Marshall McLuhan states that the constant barrage of information leads to what?

(see the answer key)

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