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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. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?

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

3. When was Che Guevara born?

4. Where is the Ringling Museum of Art located?

5. Where is Disneyland Park located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eco define the "neo-medieval wave" in Section III Chapter 2?

2. Why does Eco refute the argument of the media in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

3. How does Eco compare universities to monasteries in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

4. What film is discussed in "The Multiplication of the Media"? What does Eco write about the film?

5. In what way does Eco use Superman as an analogy in Section I - Chapter 1? What is a "Fortress of Solitude"?

6. What does Eco write of American realism in Section I - Chapter 1?

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

8. What philosophies does Eco describe in "Towards a Semiological Guerrilla Warfare"? What are his conclusions?

9. What is Eco's principle argument in "Living in the New Middle Ages"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the two contrasting "ideologies of progress" and give examples of each in contemporary American society. What group or groups ascribe to the "materialistic-historical" ideology?

Essay Topic 3

What does Eco use Superman as a metaphor for in Section I - Chapter 1? What is a "Fortress of Solitude"?

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