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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marshall McLuhan states that the constant barrage of information leads to what?
(a) A loss of self.
(b) An overabundance of trivial knowledge.
(c) A passive ingestion of media.
(d) A slowing of the human thought process.

2. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?
(a) Horror vacui.
(b) Church and state.
(c) Space and time.
(d) Ultimate counterfeit.

3. Eco asserts that terrorism gives what a reason to exist?
(a) Gun stores.
(b) Armed forces.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Fear.

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

5. Where was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
(b) Toronto, Ontario.
(c) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(d) Edmonton, Alberta.

6. What ideology of progress seeks to improve the world through the use of science and technology?
(a) Negativistic-factual.
(b) Positivistic-technological.
(c) Religion.
(d) Materialistic-historical.

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

8. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?
(a) Concepts.
(b) Copies.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Dreams.

9. What is the tenth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The expectation of the Millennium.
(b) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(c) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(d) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.

10. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Explanation.
(d) Education.

11. 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) Interpreted.
(b) Conveyed.
(c) Promoted.
(d) Expressed.

12. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?
(a) Audio-animatronic technology.
(b) Auto-animatronic technology.
(c) Auto-astronomic technology.
(d) Audio-astronomic technology.

13. Where was the first Six Flags established?
(a) Gurnee, Illinois.
(b) Denver, Colorado.
(c) Arlington, Texas.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

14. 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?
(a) "Room of Silence."
(b) "Moment of Sorrow."
(c) "Fortress of Solitude."
(d) "Time of Joy."

15. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion," Eco suggests that the story of what heralds the return to religion?
(a) The Incredible Hulk.
(b) Captain America.
(c) Superman.
(d) Wonderwoman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What refers to an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychologists to aid a client or patient in problems of living?

3. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?

4. When did the Red Brigade, headed by Mario Moretti, kidnap the former Christian Democrat Prime Minister Aldo Moro, killing five men of his entourage and subsequently murdering him 54 days later?

5. Where is Disneyland Park located?

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