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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI Chapter 6 239-268.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many inter-textual archetypes are used in Casablanca, according to Eco?
(a) 24.
(b) 12.
(c) 15.
(d) 18.

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

4. When was Umberto Eco born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1925.

5. 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) Generate capitol.
(b) Find a home.
(c) Become useful.
(d) Lose all value.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Sports Chatter" Eco remarks that it would be easier to have a protest in what than a football field?

3. What book of Marshall McLuhan's is cited in "Cogito Interruptus"?

4. When did construction start on the Roman Colosseum?

5. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?

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