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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 was the Roman Colosseum used principally to host?
(a) Chariot races.
(b) Soccer.
(c) Gladiatorial shows.
(d) Theatre.

2. What period followed the Middle Ages?
(a) The Electronic Age.
(b) The Late Mordern Era.
(c) The Bronze Age.
(d) The Early Modern Era.

3. Eco states that Thomas had to unhook Aristotle's teachings from the use they were being put to by whom?
(a) The Mongols.
(b) The Greeks.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Averrroes.

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

5. Eco asserts that sport now exists mainly for what reasons?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Economic.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Physical.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What refers to a sovereign state which is viewed as comprising two or more nations?

4. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion," Eco suggests that the story of what heralds the return to religion?

5. Who starred in Casablanca?

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