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

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

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

4. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Explanation.
(c) Education.
(d) Immortality.

5. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?
(a) A manner that reflects the times.
(b) The way the artist saw them.
(c) The way they were meant to be enjoyed.
(d) The context in which they were made.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eco define as the fear of open or white space that is remedied by filling an entire piece of art with excessive detail in a neurotic fashion?

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

3. Who created Superman?

4. Eco describes hyper reality as a situation in which the real is portrayed through the what?

5. What does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?

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