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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. In "Two Families of Objects," Eco cites Karl Marx implying that markets are the very places in which the goods that are being sold do what?
(a) Become useful.
(b) Lose all value.
(c) Generate capitol.
(d) Find a home.

2. What is the name of the cult which Jim Jones founded?
(a) The Commoner's Church.
(b) The Church of Abraham.
(c) The People's Temple.
(d) The Temple of Peace.

3. What is the third type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(b) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

4. Who publishes Superman Comics?
(a) Viz Media.
(b) DC Comics.
(c) AC Comics.
(d) IDW Publishing.

5. What American film star was killed by the Manson family?
(a) Leno LaBianca.
(b) Sharon Tate.
(c) Gary Hinman.
(d) Bernard Crowe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time?

2. Eco asserts that the Middle Ages were the beginning of several practices including modern armies, a national state, capitalistic economy, and what?

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

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

5. According to Eco, spectator sports are "morally superior" to war because they only involve what?

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