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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section V - Chapter 3 113 -132.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication?
(a) Metalogics.
(b) Signotics.
(c) Semiotics.
(d) Analitics.

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

3. What ideology of progress is focused on improving society by means of revolution?
(a) Positivistic-technological.
(b) Materialistic-historical.
(c) Religion.
(d) Negativistic-factual.

4. Eco asserts in discussing Jim Jones that cults are inevitably formed in a time of what?
(a) Enlightenment.
(b) Despair.
(c) Crisis.
(d) Lonliness.

5. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Consumerism.
(c) Animal cruelty.
(d) Hyper reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Striking at the Heart of the State," Eco insists that the truth of a communication lies in how it is ______ more so than the form, content, or vehicle of the message.

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

3. Eco argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?

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?

5. What refers to a series of wax museums found throughout the country that are famous for their attention to detail and for having some truly unique objects found nowhere else?

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