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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Che Guevara born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1928.

2. 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 as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(b) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

3. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Stanley Kubrick.
(c) Victor Fleming.
(d) Orson Welles.

4. 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 as a pretext.
(b) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

5. What refers to an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychologists to aid a client or patient in problems of living?
(a) Psychotherapy.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Shock therapy.
(d) Physical therapy.

6. Where was Che Guevara from?
(a) Ecuador.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Peru.
(d) Brazil.

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

8. Who publishes Superman Comics?
(a) Viz Media.
(b) DC Comics.
(c) IDW Publishing.
(d) AC Comics.

9. Eco suggests that what implies having the conversation that compares the coding at the receiver with the coding at the source?
(a) Mass media.
(b) Model of communication.
(c) International politics.
(d) Guerrilla warfare.

10. In "Living in the New Middle Ages," Eco asserts that one of the hallmarks of the Middle Ages was the decline of a period of peace that was brought about by what?
(a) The plague.
(b) A tyrant.
(c) Advanced weapons.
(d) A superpower.

11. When did the Western Roman Empire fall?
(a) 476.
(b) 642.
(c) 241.
(d) 324.

12. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?
(a) A "new religiosity."
(b) Silent worship.
(c) Spiritual beliefs.
(d) Anonymous churches.

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

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

15. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?
(a) Wild animals.
(b) Consumers.
(c) Robots.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?

2. 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.

3. Eco asserts that because of the multinational arrangement, there is no head of a particular government or country that can be toppled in order to change what?

4. When was Umberto Eco born?

5. When was Jim Jones born?

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