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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV Chapter 3 - 87-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jim Jones' cult members commit mass suicide?
(a) Waco, Texas.
(b) Jonestown, Guyana.
(c) Lima, Peru.
(d) Johannesburg, South Africa.

2. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?
(a) Auto-animatronic technology.
(b) Audio-animatronic technology.
(c) Audio-astronomic technology.
(d) Auto-astronomic technology.

3. Eco uses the story of Superman as an allegory of America and suggests that he has need of returning to what from time to time?
(a) "Moment of Sorrow."
(b) "Time of Joy."
(c) "Fortress of Solitude."
(d) "Room of Silence."

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

5. What is the name of the cult which Jim Jones founded?
(a) The Temple of Peace.
(b) The Commoner's Church.
(c) The People's Temple.
(d) The Church of Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eco suggest serve as a museum of memories for Superman?

2. Where is Umberto Eco from?

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

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

5. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?

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