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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 is the third realm of hyper reality discussed by Eco in "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
2. 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?
3. In what country did Che Guevara head a massive revolution?
4. One of the effects of zoos and aquariums, according to Eco, is that animals have been erroneously what?
5. What is the second of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Eco compare universities to monasteries in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?
2. Describe the holographic display in Section I - Chapter 1. What does Eco suggest about holography?
3. In what way does Eco use Superman as an analogy in Section I - Chapter 1? What is a "Fortress of Solitude"?
4. Who is the focus of the essay "The Suicides at the Temple"? What is Eco's conclusion of cults?
5. What "ideologies of progress" does Eco describe in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
6. What film is discussed in "The Multiplication of the Media"? What does Eco write about the film?
7. How does Eco define hyper reality? How are crèche and horror vacui defined?
8. What practices arose during medieval times which Eco asserts are with us today?
9. What categories does God fall into, according to Eco?
10. What philosophies does Eco describe in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare"? What are his conclusions?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the origins and evolution of sport in American society and culture. What impact did the introduction of sports press have on sport, according to Eco?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
How is "semiotics" defined? How does this term apply to the theories and work of Umberto Eco?
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