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

2. Eco discusses the current cultural fascination with the Middle Ages that he refers to as what?
(a) "Round table insanity."
(b) "Castle of wonder."
(c) "The royal inspiration."
(d) The "neo-medieval wave."

3. When did Jim Jones die?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1982.

4. Where is Umberto Eco from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

5. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?
(a) The way they were meant to be enjoyed.
(b) The context in which they were made.
(c) The way the artist saw them.
(d) A manner that reflects the times.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Jim Jones from?

3. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?

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

5. When did construction start on the Roman Colosseum?

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