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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 period followed the Middle Ages?
(a) The Early Modern Era.
(b) The Bronze Age.
(c) The Late Mordern Era.
(d) The Electronic Age.

2. What is the fifth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(b) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

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

4. What is the second 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 as a barbaric age.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

5. 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-astronomic technology.
(c) Auto-astronomic technology.
(d) Audio-animatronic technology.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?

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

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

4. Who created Superman?

5. When was Superman created?

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