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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. What is the first type of object Eco analyzes in "Two Families of Objects"?

2. How old was St. Thomas Aquinas at his death?

3. How many inter-textual archetypes are used in Casablanca, according to Eco?

4. When was Karl Marx born?

5. When was Leon Foucault born?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conclusions does Eco come to regarding the definition of power in "Language, Power, Force"?

2. How does Hans Sedlmayr examine the theme of man's lost center?

3. What is Eco's principle statement in "Lady Barbara" and "Lumbar Support"?

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

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

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

7. What was the worst thing to ever happen to St. Thomas Aquinas, according to Eco in "In Praise of St. Thomas"?

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

9. What qualities must a movie present in order to attain cult status, according to Eco in "Casablanca: Cult Movies and Intertextual Collage"?

10. How does Eco relate sports to culture and entertainment in "Sports Chatter"?

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

Define and discuss the Middle Ages. What centuries are included in the Middle Ages? What brought about this period of history?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Jim Jones, the establishment of the People's Temple, and how Millenarian dynamics played a role in Jones' power. What other cult leaders have exhibited the same traits as Jones?

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