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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. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?
(a) Humiliated.
(b) Civilized.
(c) Confined.
(d) Humanized.

2. What is the tenth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(b) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(c) The expectation of the Millennium.
(d) The Middle Ages of national identities.

3. Eco writes, "Only when the song has become entirely unpleasant will the audience" do what?
(a) Feel happy at last.
(b) Tell their friends.
(c) Stand and applaud.
(d) Buy the album.

4. 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?
(a) The family unit.
(b) The arts world.
(c) The status quo.
(d) The military.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What famous work did Karl Marx write with Friedrich Engels?

2. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?

3. When was Che Guevara born?

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

5. What American film star was killed by the Manson family?

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