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

2. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1972.

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

4. What is the ninth 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 as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

5. What is the name of the cult which Jim Jones founded?
(a) The Church of Abraham.
(b) The Commoner's Church.
(c) The People's Temple.
(d) The Temple of Peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco asserts that the Middle Ages were the beginning of several practices including modern armies, a national state, capitalistic economy, and what?

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

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 is the Walt Disney World Resort located?

5. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?

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 describe some American cities in "City of Robots"?

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

4. Who is the focus of the essay "The Suicides at the Temple"? What is Eco's conclusion of cults?

5. How is American culture today unlike the Middle Ages, according to Eco?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Eco write of American realism in Section I - Chapter 1?

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