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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eco compares cults to what, which he asserts have existed at least since the time of Christ?
(a) Dictators.
(b) Sports.
(c) Religion.
(d) Millenarian dynamics.

2. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?
(a) 6th.
(b) 7th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 15th.

3. Who publishes Superman Comics?
(a) IDW Publishing.
(b) AC Comics.
(c) DC Comics.
(d) Viz Media.

4. When was Umberto Eco born?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1939.

5. What is the third type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(b) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.

6. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?
(a) Sacramento, California.
(b) San Jose, California.
(c) Malibu, California.
(d) Los Angeles, California.

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

8. Eco asserts that terrorism gives what a reason to exist?
(a) Armed forces.
(b) Gun stores.
(c) Optimism.
(d) Fear.

9. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?
(a) The way the artist saw them.
(b) The context in which they were made.
(c) A manner that reflects the times.
(d) The way they were meant to be enjoyed.

10. What is the name of the cult which Jim Jones founded?
(a) The Commoner's Church.
(b) The Temple of Peace.
(c) The Church of Abraham.
(d) The People's Temple.

11. Where was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) Edmonton, Alberta.
(b) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
(c) Toronto, Ontario.
(d) Vancouver, British Columbia.

12. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?
(a) Palm Beach, Florida.
(b) Orlando, Florida.
(c) Key West, Florida.
(d) Tampa, Florida.

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

14. Where was Che Guevara from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Ecuador.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Peru.

15. 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 Curtain.
(b) The Red Brigades.
(c) The Red Coats.
(d) The Red Cross.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco suggests that the multinational system is very stable and that the only danger to it is a situation of what?

2. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?

3. What ideology of progress seeks to improve the world through the use of science and technology?

4. Eco describes hyper reality as a situation in which the real is portrayed through the what?

5. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?

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