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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. In "Living in the New Middle Ages," Eco asserts that one of the hallmarks of the Middle Ages was the decline of a period of peace that was brought about by what?
(a) The plague.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) Advanced weapons.
(d) A superpower.

2. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?
(a) Enlarged.
(b) Scale models.
(c) Authentic.
(d) Reproductions.

3. In "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" Eco describes sacred rites of whom?
(a) The Inca.
(b) The Congolese.
(c) The Afro-Brazilians.
(d) The Aztecs.

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

5. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?
(a) Consumers.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Children.
(d) Robots.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?

4. Eco believes that new "negative theologies" may give insight into what?

5. What is the name of the cult which Jim Jones founded?

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