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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II - Chapter I pages 31-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?
(a) Enlarged.
(b) Scale models.
(c) Reproductions.
(d) Authentic.

3. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Consumers.
(c) Robots.
(d) Children.

4. Where is Disneyland Park located?
(a) Bakersfield, California.
(b) Long Beach, California.
(c) Anaheim, California.
(d) San Diego, California.

5. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?
(a) Savannah, Georgia.
(b) Tallahassee, Florida.
(c) Sarasota, Florida.
(d) Atlanta, Georgia.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?

2. What refers to a series of wax museums found throughout the country that are famous for their attention to detail and for having some truly unique objects found nowhere else?

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

4. Who created Superman?

5. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

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