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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV Chapter 3 - 87-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?
(a) 8th.
(b) 15th.
(c) 7th.
(d) 6th.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was Jim Jones from?

4. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

5. What does Eco assert is the natural and final extension of photorealism?

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