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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. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?
(a) Spiritual beliefs.
(b) Silent worship.
(c) A "new religiosity."
(d) Anonymous churches.

2. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?
(a) The Palazzo.
(b) The big top.
(c) Ripley's Museums.
(d) The Bellagio.

3. When was Che Guevara born?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1933.

4. What is a museum of memories referred to in German?
(a) Flughafen.
(b) Wiedersehen.
(c) Flugzeug.
(d) Wunderkammern.

5. What does Eco assert is the natural and final extension of photorealism?
(a) Sepiography.
(b) Photography.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Holography.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?

3. Who created Superman?

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

5. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion," Eco suggests that the story of what heralds the return to religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eco define hyper reality? How are crèche and horror vacui defined?

2. What conclusions does Eco present in "Culture as a Show Business"?

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

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

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

6. What is the moral of Eco's assessment of WWII in "Why are They Laughing in Those Cages?"

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

8. How does Eco compare universities to monasteries in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

9. What is the result of a multinational arrangement, according to Eco in "Striking at the Heart of the State"?

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

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