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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 argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?
(a) Conventional religion.
(b) Popular culture.
(c) God's view.
(d) Churches.

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 of national identities.
(b) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(c) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(d) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.

3. Eco discusses the current cultural fascination with the Middle Ages that he refers to as what?
(a) The "neo-medieval wave."
(b) "Round table insanity."
(c) "The royal inspiration."
(d) "Castle of wonder."

4. 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?
(a) The arts world.
(b) The family unit.
(c) The military.
(d) The status quo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The two ideologies of progress cited by Eco in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" are suggested by the media to be the foundation for the re-birth of what?

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

3. What is the ninth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?

4. What refers to a series of wax museums found throughout the country that are famous for their attention to detail and for having some truly unique objects found nowhere else?

5. What does Eco define as the fear of open or white space that is remedied by filling an entire piece of art with excessive detail in a neurotic fashion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What categories does God fall into, according to Eco?

2. What philosophies does Eco describe in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare"? What are his conclusions?

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

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

5. Why does Eco refute the argument of the media in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

6. What is a "real hero" according to Eco in "Why are They Laughing in Those Cages?"

7. What conclusions does Eco present in "Culture as a Show Business"?

8. What practices arose during medieval times which Eco asserts are with us today?

9. What is Eco's principle question regarding authenticity in art?

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

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