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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 was the first Six Flags established?
(a) Denver, Colorado.
(b) Gurnee, Illinois.
(c) Arlington, Texas.
(d) Phoenix, Arizona.

2. What common contemporary phrase did Marshall McLuhan coin?
(a) Greenhouse Gases.
(b) The Coriolis Effect.
(c) The Global Village.
(d) Aerodynamics.

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

4. What does Eco define as mini representations of a particular location or scene?
(a) Crepes.
(b) Chalice.
(c) Creche.
(d) Croquet.

5. Eco asserts that America has its own "Fortresses of Solitude" and it is the realm in which what is found?
(a) Hyper reality.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Black holes.
(d) Hermits.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Jim Jones born?

2. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?

3. What book of Marshall McLuhan's suggests that man has lost his center?

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

5. What were a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group based in Italy and active, via a number of political assassinations, during the "Years of Lead"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Eco's metaphor for Superman in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

3. What is described in "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" What are Eco's conclusions?

4. How is nature a victim of hyper reality to Eco? How is religion?

5. What does Eco write of the authenticity of the Ringling Museum of Art? Where is it located?

6. What does Eco propose about superpowers in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

7. How does Eco define hyper reality? How are crèche and horror vacui defined?

8. What is the result of a multinational arrangement, according to Eco in "Striking at the Heart of the State"?

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

10. What is the moral of Eco's assessment of WWII in "Why are They Laughing in Those Cages?"

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