2. 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?
(a) Brush mania.
(b) Particle overload.
(c) Psychopainthic.
(d) Horror vacui.

3. When did the Red Brigade, headed by Mario Moretti, kidnap the former Christian Democrat Prime Minister Aldo Moro, killing five men of his entourage and subsequently murdering him 54 days later?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1972.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1975.

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 of the philosophia perennis.
(d) The Middle Ages as a pretext.

5. 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) A manner that reflects the times.
(b) The context in which they were made.
(c) The way the artist saw them.
(d) The way they were meant to be enjoyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco asserts that because of the multinational arrangement, there is no head of a particular government or country that can be toppled in order to change what?

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

3. What is the name of the cult which Jim Jones founded?

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

5. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion," Eco suggests that the story of what heralds the return to religion?

(see the answer key)

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