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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the tenth 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 expectation of the Millennium.

4. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?
(a) Hyper reality.
(b) Black holes.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Hermits.

5. What term refers to a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time?
(a) Peace treaty.
(b) Coup.
(c) Election.
(d) Revolution.

6. What common contemporary phrase did Marshall McLuhan coin?
(a) Aerodynamics.
(b) The Coriolis Effect.
(c) The Global Village.
(d) Greenhouse Gases.

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

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

9. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?
(a) 642.
(b) 241.
(c) 324.
(d) 476.

10. 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) Audio-astronomic technology.
(c) Auto-astronomic technology.
(d) Auto-animatronic technology.

11. What book of Marshall McLuhan's suggests that man has lost his center?
(a) Understanding Society.
(b) Understanding Sport.
(c) Understanding Media.
(d) Understanding The Human Mind.

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

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

14. What refers to a sovereign state which is viewed as comprising two or more nations?
(a) Multinational state.
(b) Sister state.
(c) Partner state.
(d) Companion state.

15. When was Jim Jones born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1931.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?

3. Eco creates a language for talking about communication transmission in which there is a source that sends out a signal via a transmitter through what?

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

5. In "Culture as a Show Business" Eco discusses the fact that culture until recently dictated that things must be what?

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