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

2. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Subordinateness.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Knowledge.

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

4. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(b) The New York School of Geology.
(c) The New York School of Holography.
(d) The New York School of Geography.

5. In "Striking at the Heart of the State," Eco insists that the truth of a communication lies in how it is ______ more so than the form, content, or vehicle of the message.
(a) Interpreted.
(b) Promoted.
(c) Conveyed.
(d) Expressed.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Leon Foucault born?

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

3. When was Marshall McLuhan born?

4. Eco suggests that sports have a definitive healthy purpose, among them what?

5. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

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