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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III Chapter 2 pgs 59-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Art and museums.
(b) Nature.
(c) Religion.
(d) The theatre.

2. Where was the first Six Flags established?
(a) Phoenix, Arizona.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Arlington, Texas.
(d) Gurnee, Illinois.

3. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?
(a) Predict the future.
(b) Learn.
(c) Understand the past.
(d) Examine our origins.

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

5. What is the fourth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(b) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the eighth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?

5. In "Living in the New Middle Ages," Eco asserts that one of the hallmarks of the Middle Ages was the decline of a period of peace that was brought about by what?

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