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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. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Hope.
(c) Money making.
(d) Devastation.

2. When was Umberto Eco born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1932.

3. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?
(a) Consumerism.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Animal cruelty.
(d) Hyper reality.

4. 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?
(a) Psychopainthic.
(b) Horror vacui.
(c) Particle overload.
(d) Brush mania.

5. Who created Superman?
(a) Jerry Siegal.
(b) Darwyn Cooke.
(c) Gail Simone.
(d) Mike Mignola.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Superman created?

2. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?

3. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?

4. What does Eco assert is the natural and final extension of photorealism?

5. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?

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