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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 describes hyper reality as a situation in which the real is portrayed through the what?
(a) Creche.
(b) Ultimate counterfeit.
(c) Horror vacui.
(d) Common opinion.
2. What is the fourth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
3. Eco discusses the current cultural fascination with the Middle Ages that he refers to as what?
(a) The "neo-medieval wave."
(b) "Castle of wonder."
(c) "Round table insanity."
(d) "The royal inspiration."
4. What is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Nature.
(b) Art and museums.
(c) Religion.
(d) The theatre.
5. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?
(a) Silent worship.
(b) A "new religiosity."
(c) Anonymous churches.
(d) Spiritual beliefs.
Short Answer Questions
1. Marshall McLuhan suggests that the Middle Ages was characterized by the heavy emphasis on the formal study of 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 is the second type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
4. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?
5. What were a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group based in Italy and active, via a number of political assassinations, during the "Years of Lead"?
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