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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. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?
(a) Predict the future.
(b) Understand the past.
(c) Examine our origins.
(d) Learn.

2. Eco suggests that consistent use of a single what helps to avoid confusion of interpretation of symbolic messages?
(a) Definition.
(b) Belief.
(c) Phrase.
(d) Allegorical key.

3. In "Sports Chatter" Eco remarks that it would be easier to have a protest in what than a football field?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) A library.
(c) An orphanage.
(d) A church.

4. What does Eco define as "the simplest narrative unit"?
(a) Paragraph.
(b) Theme.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Motif.

5. In what essay does Eco discuss the qualities of blue jeans?
(a) "Cowboy Pants."
(b) "Denim Nightmare."
(c) "Lumbar Thought."
(d) "Levi's Plague."

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the first World's Fair or Universal Exhibition held?

2. When was Leon Foucault born?

3. Eco refutes Foucault's concept of language as being what?

4. What is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

5. What refers to the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication?

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