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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VIII - Chapter 5 181 - 196.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Money making.
(c) Hope.
(d) Devastation.

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

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

4. What is the second realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Television.
(c) Art and museums.
(d) Nature.

5. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?
(a) 476.
(b) 642.
(c) 241.
(d) 324.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ninth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?

2. Eco asserts that because of the multinational arrangement, there is no head of a particular government or country that can be toppled in order to change what?

3. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?

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

5. In "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" Eco writes that media employees are often hampered by the form of the media to the extent that it is not what?

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