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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section III Chapter 2 pgs 59-86.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the first 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 of Decadentism.
(c) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

4. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?
(a) Copies.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Concepts.

5. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(b) The New York School of Geology.
(c) The New York School of Holography.
(d) The New York School of Geography.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Eco assert that Disney suggests that the imitation of reality is so accurate that reality pales in comparison?

2. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?

3. Eco asserts that nature is a victim of what by way of zoos and aquariums?

4. 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?

5. Eco uses the story of Superman as an allegory of America and suggests that he has need of returning to what from time to time?

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