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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 does Eco refer to as "data-structures for representing stereotyped situations"?
(a) Identical-story.
(b) Common-frame.
(c) Deja-vu.
(d) Reiteration.

2. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Devastation.
(b) Hope.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Money making.

3. When was Karl Marx born?
(a) 1815.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1828.
(d) 1818.

4. Who starred in Casablanca?
(a) James Dean.
(b) Humphrey Bogart.
(c) Burt Lancaster.
(d) Marvin Sales.

5. What is the second realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Television.
(b) Nature.
(c) Religion.
(d) Art and museums.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Che Guevara born?

2. Eco uses the story of Superman as an allegory of America and suggests that he has need of returning to what from time to time?

3. Eco relates his experience of having the song "Lady Barbara" burst into his head to what?

4. What ideology of progress seeks to improve the world through the use of science and technology?

5. Eco creates a language for talking about communication transmission in which there is a source that sends out a signal via a transmitter through what?

(see the answer key)

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