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

2. What refers to the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication?
(a) Semiotics.
(b) Signotics.
(c) Metalogics.
(d) Analitics.

3. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?
(a) Auto-animatronic technology.
(b) Audio-animatronic technology.
(c) Auto-astronomic technology.
(d) Audio-astronomic technology.

4. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?
(a) Sacramento, California.
(b) San Jose, California.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Malibu, California.

5. 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?
(a) "Time of Joy."
(b) "Moment of Sorrow."
(c) "Fortress of Solitude."
(d) "Room of Silence."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Umberto Eco from?

2. When was Umberto Eco born?

3. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?

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

5. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?

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