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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. Where was Karl Marx born?
(a) Spain.
(b) Poland.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

2. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?
(a) Spiritual beliefs.
(b) A "new religiosity."
(c) Anonymous churches.
(d) Silent worship.

3. What common contemporary phrase did Marshall McLuhan coin?
(a) The Global Village.
(b) Greenhouse Gases.
(c) Aerodynamics.
(d) The Coriolis Effect.

4. What sport was Eco apparently very bad at it but wanted to fit in the crowd and thus extolled his father to take him to the games?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Tennis.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Soccer.

5. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?
(a) The Bellagio.
(b) The big top.
(c) Ripley's Museums.
(d) The Palazzo.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

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

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

4. Sedlmayr explores the theme of the lost center through the changes in what over the years?

5. What device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation was Leon Foucault responsible for?

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