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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Che Guevara from?
(a) Peru.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Argentina.

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

3. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Subordinateness.

4. 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?
(a) Science Museums.
(b) Natural History Museums.
(c) Hall's of Fame.
(d) Ripley's Museums.

5. 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.

6. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?
(a) Predict the future.
(b) Examine our origins.
(c) Learn.
(d) Understand the past.

7. What is the first realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Art and museums.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sports and arenas.
(d) Nature.

8. The works of art within the Ringling Museum of Art are what?
(a) Authentic.
(b) Reproductions.
(c) Scale models.
(d) Enlarged.

9. Where is Disneyland Park located?
(a) Anaheim, California.
(b) Bakersfield, California.
(c) San Diego, California.
(d) Long Beach, California.

10. 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.
(a) Conveyed.
(b) Expressed.
(c) Promoted.
(d) Interpreted.

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

12. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?
(a) Robots.
(b) Wild animals.
(c) Consumers.
(d) Children.

13. Eco discusses the current cultural fascination with the Middle Ages that he refers to as what?
(a) "Castle of wonder."
(b) "Round table insanity."
(c) The "neo-medieval wave."
(d) "The royal inspiration."

14. What refers to an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychologists to aid a client or patient in problems of living?
(a) Psychotherapy.
(b) Shock therapy.
(c) Hypnosis.
(d) Physical therapy.

15. What is the fourth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(d) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?

2. Where did Jim Jones' cult members commit mass suicide?

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

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 believes that new "negative theologies" may give insight into what?

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