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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. In "Language, Power, Force" Eco describes a lecture given by Roland Barthes on the subject of what?

2. How old was St. Thomas Aquinas at his death?

3. Eco refutes Foucault's concept of language as being what?

4. Whose theory asserts that non-material abstract (but substantial) forms (or ideas), and not the material world of change known to us through sensation, possess the highest and most fundamental kind of reality?

5. When was Hans Sedlmayr born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are spectator sports like war, according to Eco? How are they superior?

2. How many inter-textual archetypes were used in Casablanca, according to Eco? What does this do?

3. What is Eco's principle statement in "Lady Barbara" and "Lumbar Support"?

4. How and from whom did St. Thomas unlock the secrets of reason, according to Eco?

5. What experience does Eco describe in "Lady Barbara"?

6. What conclusions does Eco come to regarding the definition of power in "Language, Power, Force"?

7. How does Hans Sedlmayr examine the theme of man's lost center?

8. What does Eco assert about sports in the beginning of "Sports Chatter"?

9. How does Eco define "motif"? What word does he choose to use instead?

10. What argument does Eco put forth in "The Comic and the Rule"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss guerrilla warfare. What is the definition of guerrilla warfare and where did this concept arise?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the Getty and Ringling Museums. Where are they located and by whom were they originated? Why does Eco discuss each?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the structure, history and rites of Afro-Brazilian culture. What is the leadership like within these communities?

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