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

2. What is the sixth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(b) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(c) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(d) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.

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

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

5. Marshall McLuhan suggests that the Middle Ages was characterized by the heavy emphasis on the formal study of what?
(a) Science.
(b) Geography.
(c) Logic.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?

2. Marshall McLuhan states that the constant barrage of information leads to what?

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

4. Who created Superman?

5. Eco suggests that the multinational system is very stable and that the only danger to it is a situation of what?

(see the answer key)

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