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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI Chapter 6 239-268.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book of Marshall McLuhan's suggests that man has lost his center?
(a) Understanding Sport.
(b) Understanding The Human Mind.
(c) Understanding Media.
(d) Understanding Society.

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

4. When were the earliest American blue jeans made?
(a) 1874.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1854.
(d) 1873.

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

2. What sport was Eco apparently very bad at it but wanted to fit in the crowd and thus extolled his father to take him to the games?

3. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?

4. The two ideologies of progress cited by Eco in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" are suggested by the media to be the foundation for the re-birth of what?

5. Eco describes Sedlmayr's treatment of art as what?

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