1. 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 as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(b) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(d) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.

2. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?
(a) Sacramento, California.
(b) Los Angeles, California.
(c) Malibu, California.
(d) San Jose, California.

3. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?
(a) The big top.
(b) Ripley's Museums.
(c) The Bellagio.
(d) The Palazzo.

4. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?
(a) Animal cruelty.
(b) Hyper reality.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Consumerism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Eco assert is the natural and final extension of photorealism?

3. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?

4. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?

5. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?

(see the answer key)

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