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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. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Geography.
(b) The New York School of Geology.
(c) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(d) The New York School of Holography.

2. What were a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group based in Italy and active, via a number of political assassinations, during the "Years of Lead"?
(a) The Red Cross.
(b) The Red Coats.
(c) The Red Curtain.
(d) The Red Brigades.

3. What ideology of progress is focused on improving society by means of revolution?
(a) Negativistic-factual.
(b) Positivistic-technological.
(c) Materialistic-historical.
(d) Religion.

4. What is the second realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) Religion.
(b) Art and museums.
(c) Television.
(d) Nature.

5. 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) Silent worship.
(b) Anonymous churches.
(c) A "new religiosity."
(d) Spiritual beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?

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

4. In "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" Eco writes that media employees are often hampered by the form of the media to the extent that it is not what?

5. Eco asserts in discussing Jim Jones that cults are inevitably formed in a time of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eco compare universities to monasteries in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

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

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

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

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

6. What language does Eco discuss in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" regarding communication?

7. What does Eco describe in the beginning of "Striking at the Heart of the State"?

8. Who is the focus of the essay "The Suicides at the Temple"? What is Eco's conclusion of cults?

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

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

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