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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Devastation.
(c) Money making.
(d) Hope.

3. Where was Che Guevara from?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Peru.
(d) Brazil.

4. Who created Superman?
(a) Jerry Siegal.
(b) Gail Simone.
(c) Darwyn Cooke.
(d) Mike Mignola.

5. What is the second of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
(a) God is perfect, people are not.
(b) God in the negative, through what he is not.
(c) God having attributes that humans do not possess.
(d) God seeing all things at all times.

6. Where was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) Toronto, Ontario.
(b) Edmonton, Alberta.
(c) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(d) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.

7. 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 the philosophia perennis.
(c) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

8. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) Palm Beach, Florida.
(c) Tampa, Florida.
(d) Orlando, Florida.

9. Eco suggests that what implies having the conversation that compares the coding at the receiver with the coding at the source?
(a) Model of communication.
(b) Mass media.
(c) International politics.
(d) Guerrilla warfare.

10. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?
(a) Space and time.
(b) Ultimate counterfeit.
(c) Church and state.
(d) Horror vacui.

11. In what country did Che Guevara head a massive revolution?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Haiti.
(d) Cuba.

12. What refers to an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychologists to aid a client or patient in problems of living?
(a) Physical therapy.
(b) Shock therapy.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Psychotherapy.

13. Who publishes Superman Comics?
(a) AC Comics.
(b) IDW Publishing.
(c) DC Comics.
(d) Viz Media.

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

15. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?
(a) Concepts.
(b) Copies.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Feelings.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What term refers to a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time?

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

5. What ideology of progress seeks to improve the world through the use of science and technology?

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