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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. Where was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
(b) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(c) Toronto, Ontario.
(d) Edmonton, Alberta.

2. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1972.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1983.

3. What is the third 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 of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.
(d) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.

4. What is the seventh type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of Decadentism.
(b) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.

5. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?
(a) Tampa, Florida.
(b) Key West, Florida.
(c) Palm Beach, Florida.
(d) Orlando, Florida.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

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

3. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

4. When did the Red Brigade, headed by Mario Moretti, kidnap the former Christian Democrat Prime Minister Aldo Moro, killing five men of his entourage and subsequently murdering him 54 days later?

5. What period followed the Middle Ages?

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