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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) Hope.
(b) Money making.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Devastation.

2. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?
(a) Key West, Florida.
(b) Palm Beach, Florida.
(c) Tampa, Florida.
(d) Orlando, Florida.

3. What does Eco suggest serve as a museum of memories for Superman?
(a) Figurines.
(b) The city lights.
(c) Robots.
(d) Newspaper clippings.

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

5. What is a museum of memories referred to in German?
(a) Flugzeug.
(b) Flughafen.
(c) Wiedersehen.
(d) Wunderkammern.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?

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

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

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

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

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