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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What book of Marshall McLuhan's suggests that man has lost his center?
2. What is the first type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
3. 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?
4. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?
5. Eco asserts that terrorism gives what a reason to exist?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Eco write of the authenticity of the Ringling Museum of Art? Where is it located?
2. What film is discussed in "The Multiplication of the Media"? What does Eco write about the film?
3. What is the moral of Eco's assessment of WWII in "Why are They Laughing in Those Cages?"
4. What are examples of hyper reality in America cited by Eco in Section I - Chapter 1?
5. Why does Eco refute the argument of the media in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
6. What practices arose during medieval times which Eco asserts are with us today?
7. What categories does God fall into, according to Eco?
8. What language does Eco discuss in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" regarding communication?
9. What "ideologies of progress" does Eco describe in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
10. What is the result of a multinational arrangement, according to Eco in "Striking at the Heart of the State"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Jim Jones, the establishment of the People's Temple, and how Millenarian dynamics played a role in Jones' power. What other cult leaders have exhibited the same traits as Jones?
Essay Topic 2
Describe how holography has influenced American culture and our perceptions of reality. How is holography an extension of photorealism? How have these formats evolved since the book was written?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the actions of the Red Brigades and discusses how communication plays a role in revolution. How does the multinational arrangement change things?
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