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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eco asserts in discussing Jim Jones that cults are inevitably formed in a time of what?
(a) Lonliness.
(b) Crisis.
(c) Despair.
(d) Enlightenment.

2. What is the fourth 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 philological reconstruction.
(c) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

3. 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?
(a) "Time of Joy."
(b) "Moment of Sorrow."
(c) "Fortress of Solitude."
(d) "Room of Silence."

4. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?
(a) Predict the future.
(b) Examine our origins.
(c) Learn.
(d) Understand the past.

5. Eco creates a language for talking about communication transmission in which there is a source that sends out a signal via a transmitter through what?
(a) A wavelength.
(b) A sine wave.
(c) A transistor.
(d) A channel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to an intentional interpersonal relationship used by trained psychologists to aid a client or patient in problems of living?

2. Who publishes Superman Comics?

3. When was Jim Jones born?

4. What period followed the Middle Ages?

5. When was Che Guevara born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Eco's metaphor for Superman in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

2. Describe the holographic display in Section I - Chapter 1. What does Eco suggest about holography?

3. How is American culture today unlike the Middle Ages, according to Eco?

4. What has the impact of hyper reality been on American society, according to Eco?

5. What does Eco propose about superpowers in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

6. What are examples of hyper reality in America cited by Eco in Section I - Chapter 1?

7. How does Eco describe some American cities in "City of Robots"?

8. Why does Eco discuss the J. Paul Getty Museum? Where is it located?

9. What "ideologies of progress" does Eco describe in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

10. What film is discussed in "The Multiplication of the Media"? What does Eco write about the film?

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