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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section II - Chapter I pages 31-58.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. When was Superman created?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1932.

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

4. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?
(a) Confined.
(b) Civilized.
(c) Humanized.
(d) Humiliated.

5. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Money making.
(b) Devastation.
(c) Entertainment.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?

2. When was Umberto Eco born?

3. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?

4. What does Eco define as the fear of open or white space that is remedied by filling an entire piece of art with excessive detail in a neurotic fashion?

5. What is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?

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