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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. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?
(a) Horror vacui.
(b) Ultimate counterfeit.
(c) Space and time.
(d) Church and state.

2. Eco describes hyper reality as a situation in which the real is portrayed through the what?
(a) Common opinion.
(b) Creche.
(c) Ultimate counterfeit.
(d) Horror vacui.

3. Where is Disneyland Park located?
(a) Long Beach, California.
(b) San Diego, California.
(c) Anaheim, California.
(d) Bakersfield, California.

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

5. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?
(a) Scale models.
(b) Enlarged.
(c) Authentic.
(d) Reproductions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Eco suggest serve as a museum of memories for Superman?

3. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?

4. Where is Umberto Eco from?

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

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