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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XIII Chapter 8 288- 307.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Striking at the Heart of the State," Eco insists that the truth of a communication lies in how it is ______ more so than the form, content, or vehicle of the message.
(a) Expressed.
(b) Promoted.
(c) Conveyed.
(d) Interpreted.

2. Where was Roland Barthes from?
(a) France.
(b) Poland.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

3. When was Aristotle born?
(a) 454 B.C.
(b) 384 B.C.
(c) 420 B.C.
(d) 442 B.C.

4. What were a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group based in Italy and active, via a number of political assassinations, during the "Years of Lead"?
(a) The Red Curtain.
(b) The Red Cross.
(c) The Red Brigades.
(d) The Red Coats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who publishes Superman Comics?

2. What refers to the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication?

3. Eco suggests that both Hans Sedlmayr and Marshall McLuhan use similar facts and arrive at what?

4. In "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" Eco writes that media employees are often hampered by the form of the media to the extent that it is not what?

5. St. Thomas Aquinas was revolutionary in the sense that he was able to do what?

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