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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 does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?
(a) Chalice.
(b) Croquet.
(c) Crepes.
(d) Creche.

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

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

4. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?
(a) Explanation.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Education.
(d) Immortality.

5. What is the ninth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(b) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(d) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?

2. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

3. Who publishes Superman Comics?

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

5. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?

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