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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. In "A Photograph" Eco references an incident in which a radio station captured the live experience of what?

2. Eco writes that the deployment of what "is religion, politics, ideology"?

3. When was Aristotle born?

4. Eco suggests that the vital essence of sports becomes further removed by what?

5. What famous work did Karl Marx write with Friedrich Engels?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are spectator sports like war, according to Eco? How are they superior?

2. Why does Eco maintain sports exist today primarily? How are sports like wax museums?

3. Why was St. Thomas revolutionary, according to Eco?

4. What incident does Eco describe in "A Photograph"? What questions does this bring up?

5. How does Eco refute the theory of communication by Marshall McLuhan?

6. What location does Eco describe in "Two Families of Objects"?

7. What experience does Eco describe in "Lady Barbara"?

8. What criticisms does Eco demonstrate over the theories of Hans Sedlmayr?

9. Whose lecture does Eco discuss in "Language, Power, Force"? Why?

10. How and from whom did St. Thomas unlock the secrets of reason, according to Eco?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the Hearst Castle? How does it reflect hyper realism?

Essay Topic 2

Define modus ponens and discuss the correlation between violence and reason. How does Eco suggest future violent events might be averted?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the Getty and Ringling Museums. Where are they located and by whom were they originated? Why does Eco discuss each?

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