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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What is the third type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.
(b) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(c) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

4. Eco argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?
(a) God's view.
(b) Popular culture.
(c) Churches.
(d) Conventional religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time?

2. In "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" Eco describes sacred rites of whom?

3. What does Eco suggest serve as a museum of memories for Superman?

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

5. What does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Eco refute the argument of the media in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

2. How does Eco define the "neo-medieval wave" in Section III Chapter 2?

3. What practices arose during medieval times which Eco asserts are with us today?

4. What "ideologies of progress" does Eco describe in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

5. What is Eco's principle question regarding authenticity in art?

6. What philosophies does Eco describe in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare"? What are his conclusions?

7. What is Eco's principle argument in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

8. How is nature a victim of hyper reality to Eco? How is religion?

9. What film is discussed in "The Multiplication of the Media"? What does Eco write about the film?

10. What does Eco propose about superpowers in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

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