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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI - Chapter 4 133-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where is Umberto Eco from?
(a) Poland.
(b) Hungary.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

4. Eco suggests that the multinational system is very stable and that the only danger to it is a situation of what?
(a) Mass terrorism.
(b) Enraged citizens.
(c) Economic hardship.
(d) Natural disaster.

5. When did Jim Jones die?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1978.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?

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

3. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?

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?

5. What is the first realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

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