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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III Chapter 2 pgs 59-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tenth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(b) The expectation of the Millennium.
(c) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(d) The Middle Ages of national identities.

2. What refers to the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication?
(a) Signotics.
(b) Metalogics.
(c) Analitics.
(d) Semiotics.

3. What is the first realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Nature.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sports and arenas.
(d) Art and museums.

4. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?
(a) Black holes.
(b) Hyper reality.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Hermits.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the first Six Flags established?

3. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?

4. What does Eco define as the fear of open or white space that is remedied by filling an entire piece of art with excessive detail in a neurotic fashion?

5. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?

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