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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. Who directed 2001: A Space Odyssey?
(a) Alfred Hitchcock.
(b) Orson Welles.
(c) Victor Fleming.
(d) Stanley Kubrick.
2. Eco suggests that what implies having the conversation that compares the coding at the receiver with the coding at the source?
(a) Mass media.
(b) Model of communication.
(c) Guerrilla warfare.
(d) International politics.
3. Eco proposes that all use of hyper reality is an attempt to create a monument or a permanent structure that will allow for what?
(a) Education.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Explanation.
4. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Entertainment.
(b) Devastation.
(c) Money making.
(d) Hope.
5. When was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1908.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where is the J. Paul Getty Museum located?
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. Who publishes Superman Comics?
4. The Middle Ages was a period of European history from the 5th century to what century?
5. What is the first type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
Short Essay Questions
1. What philosophies does Eco describe in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare"? What are his conclusions?
2. What language does Eco discuss in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare" regarding communication?
3. What does Eco write of American realism in Section I - Chapter 1?
4. How does Eco compare universities to monasteries in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?
5. What is described in "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" What are Eco's conclusions?
6. What is Eco's metaphor for Superman in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
7. How does Eco describe some American cities in "City of Robots"?
8. What does Eco describe in the beginning of "Striking at the Heart of the State"?
9. How does Eco define hyper reality? How are crèche and horror vacui defined?
10. Describe the holographic display in Section I - Chapter 1. What does Eco suggest about holography?
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