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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII Chapter 8 288- 307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Coup.
(c) Peace treaty.
(d) Election.

2. Marshall McLuhan suggests that the Middle Ages was characterized by the heavy emphasis on the formal study of what?
(a) Logic.
(b) Science.
(c) Math.
(d) Geography.

3. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?
(a) Savannah, Georgia.
(b) Atlanta, Georgia.
(c) Tallahassee, Florida.
(d) Sarasota, Florida.

4. When was Roland Barthes born?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1920.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1923.

5. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?
(a) 15th.
(b) 6th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 8th.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco suggests that consistent use of a single what helps to avoid confusion of interpretation of symbolic messages?

2. Eco puts forth three possibilities for the focus of expositions in the future. What is the first?

3. According to Eco, language encodes power because it forces one to use already formulated what?

4. What is a label formulated by US academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals?

5. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?

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