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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II - Chapter I pages 31-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?
(a) Subordinateness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Knowledge.

3. 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?
(a) Hall's of Fame.
(b) Science Museums.
(c) Ripley's Museums.
(d) Natural History Museums.

4. Where is Disneyland Park located?
(a) San Diego, California.
(b) Long Beach, California.
(c) Bakersfield, California.
(d) Anaheim, California.

5. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Geography.
(b) The New York School of Holography.
(c) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(d) The New York School of Geology.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Umberto Eco born?

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

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?

4. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

5. When was Superman created?

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