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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI - Chapter 4 133-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 military.
(c) The status quo.
(d) The arts world.

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

3. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?
(a) Church and state.
(b) Ultimate counterfeit.
(c) Space and time.
(d) Horror vacui.

4. What is the ninth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

5. Where was the first Six Flags established?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Gurnee, Illinois.
(c) Arlington, Texas.
(d) Denver, Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco describes hyper reality as a situation in which the real is portrayed through the what?

2. Where did Jim Jones' cult members commit mass suicide?

3. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?

4. When was Superman created?

5. What is the second of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

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