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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. Eco asserts that sport now exists mainly for what reasons?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Economic.
(c) Physical.
(d) Selfish.
2. What refers to something such as an particular mark that represents some piece of information?
(a) Symbol.
(b) Signage.
(c) Brand.
(d) Trademark.
3. Eco states that Thomas had to unhook Aristotle's teachings from the use they were being put to by whom?
(a) The Greeks.
(b) The Mongols.
(c) The Averrroes.
(d) The Romans.
4. St. Thomas Aquinas was revolutionary in the sense that he was able to do what?
(a) Talk to god.
(b) See the future.
(c) Bring divergent thought together.
(d) Unite different religions.
5. When did St. Thomas Aquinas die?
(a) 1268.
(b) 1226.
(c) 1274.
(d) 1277.
Short Answer Questions
1. Eco suggests that the worst thing to have ever happened to St. Thomas Aquinas was what?
2. Eco believes that Sedlmayr's entire book exists to provide evidence of what?
3. Where was Hans Sedlmayr born?
4. Who starred in Casablanca?
5. Eco refutes Foucault's concept of language as being what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What argument does Eco put forth in "The Comic and the Rule"?
2. What location does Eco describe in "Two Families of Objects"?
3. How many inter-textual archetypes were used in Casablanca, according to Eco? What does this do?
4. What experience does Eco describe in "Lady Barbara"?
5. How does Hans Sedlmayr examine the theme of man's lost center?
6. How does Eco refute the theory of communication by Marshall McLuhan?
7. What qualities must a movie present in order to attain cult status, according to Eco in "Casablanca: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage"?
8. How does Eco relate sports to culture and entertainment in "Sports Chatter"?
9. What conclusions does Eco come to regarding the definition of power in "Language, Power, Force"?
10. Why was St. Thomas revolutionary, according to Eco?
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