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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. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Devastation.
(c) Hope.
(d) Money making.

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

3. Eco asserts that the Middle Ages were the beginning of several practices including modern armies, a national state, capitalistic economy, and what?
(a) The "sanitation era."
(b) The "technological transformation of labor".
(c) The "need for convenience."
(d) The "age of robots."

4. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?
(a) Savannah, Georgia.
(b) Tallahassee, Florida.
(c) Atlanta, Georgia.
(d) Sarasota, Florida.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

2. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?

3. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?

4. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?

5. What does Eco define as the fear of open or white space that is remedied by filling an entire piece of art with excessive detail in a neurotic fashion?

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