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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. Eco describes hyper reality as a situation in which the real is portrayed through the what?
(a) Common opinion.
(b) Ultimate counterfeit.
(c) Horror vacui.
(d) Creche.

2. Eco suggests that the multinational system is very stable and that the only danger to it is a situation of what?
(a) Natural disaster.
(b) Enraged citizens.
(c) Economic hardship.
(d) Mass terrorism.

3. What is the eighth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

4. What does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?
(a) Croquet.
(b) Chalice.
(c) Crepes.
(d) Creche.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco states that spectator sports are a form of what, which like war, allows the aggressive impulses to be discharged?

2. What book of Hans Sedlmayr's is cited by Eco in the book?

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

4. What is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

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

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