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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Eco believes that new "negative theologies" may give insight into what?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Psychic abilities.
(c) Common belief.
(d) Revolutionary thought.

3. 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?
(a) Materialistic-historical.
(b) Negativistic-factual.
(c) Religion.
(d) Positivistic-technological.

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

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

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

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

8. When was Umberto Eco born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1925.

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

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

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

12. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(b) The New York School of Holography.
(c) The New York School of Geology.
(d) The New York School of Geography.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco suggests that what implies having the conversation that compares the coding at the receiver with the coding at the source?

2. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?

3. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?

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

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