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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. In "Two Families of Objects," Eco states that all of the objects for sale represent a kind of what?
(a) "Useless junk."
(b) "Undifferentiated desire."
(c) "Obscurity."
(d) "Unique appeal."

2. What is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Nature.
(b) Religion.
(c) The theatre.
(d) Art and museums.

3. What is the seventh type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(b) The Middle Ages of Decadentism.
(c) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

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

5. Marshall McLuhan states that the constant barrage of information leads to what?
(a) A slowing of the human thought process.
(b) A passive ingestion of media.
(c) A loss of self.
(d) An overabundance of trivial knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. When were the earliest American blue jeans made?

2. Eco refutes Foucault's concept of language as being what?

3. Sedlmayr explores the theme of the lost center through the changes in what over the years?

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

5. Hans Sedlmayr was a University Professor of Art History where?

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