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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. Where did Jim Jones' cult members commit mass suicide?
2. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
3. Eco uses the story of Superman as an allegory of America and suggests that he has need of returning to what from time to time?
4. What is the second of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
5. When was Marshall McLuhan born?
Short Essay Questions
1. What philosophies does Eco describe in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare"? What are his conclusions?
2. Why does Eco refute the argument of the media in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
3. How does Eco define hyper reality? How are crèche and horror vacui defined?
4. What conclusions does Eco present in "Culture as a Show Business"?
5. What does Eco propose about superpowers in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?
6. How is American culture today unlike the Middle Ages, according to Eco?
7. Why does Eco discuss the J. Paul Getty Museum? Where is it located?
8. What does Eco write of the authenticity of the Ringling Museum of Art? Where is it located?
9. What is Eco's principle argument in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?
10. What practices arose during medieval times which Eco asserts are with us today?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Define modus ponens and discuss the correlation between violence and reason. How does Eco suggest future violent events might be averted?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the Middle Ages of national identities, the Middle Ages of Decadentism, and the Middle Ages of philological reconstruction. How do these three types relate to one another and how do they apply to American culture today?
Essay Topic 3
Describe how holography has influenced American culture and our perceptions of reality. How is holography an extension of photorealism? How have these formats evolved since the book was written?
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