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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. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?
(a) The context in which they were made.
(b) A manner that reflects the times.
(c) The way the artist saw them.
(d) The way they were meant to be enjoyed.

2. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Hyper reality.
(c) Black holes.
(d) Hermits.

3. What is the seventh type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of Decadentism.
(b) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.

4. Eco uses the story of Superman as an allegory of America and suggests that he has need of returning to what from time to time?
(a) "Room of Silence."
(b) "Moment of Sorrow."
(c) "Fortress of Solitude."
(d) "Time of Joy."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What period followed the Middle Ages?

4. 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?

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

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