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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IX Chapter 5 197- 218.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?
(a) San Jose, California.
(b) Sacramento, California.
(c) Los Angeles, California.
(d) Malibu, California.

2. What was the Roman Colosseum used principally to host?
(a) Gladiatorial shows.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Soccer.
(d) Chariot races.

3. 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) Horror vacui.
(b) Psychopainthic.
(c) Particle overload.
(d) Brush mania.

4. In "Two Families of Objects," what market does Eco refer to as a "temple" at which the semiotic signs of consumerism may be studied?
(a) The London Farmers Market.
(b) Milan Trade Fair.
(c) The Tokyo Fish Market.
(d) The Cairo Bazaar.

5. Who publishes Superman Comics?
(a) AC Comics.
(b) IDW Publishing.
(c) DC Comics.
(d) Viz Media.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who created Superman?

2. What sport was Eco apparently very bad at it but wanted to fit in the crowd and thus extolled his father to take him to the games?

3. Eco compares cults to what, which he asserts have existed at least since the time of Christ?

4. The two ideologies of progress cited by Eco in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" are suggested by the media to be the foundation for the re-birth of what?

5. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?

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