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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. How old was St. Thomas Aquinas at his death?
2. When classmates sent a naked girl into St. Thomas Aquinas' room when he was trying to become an abbot, what did he do?
3. Where was St. Thomas Aquinas born?
4. What is the first type of object Eco analyzes in "Two Families of Objects"?
5. Eco suggests that in order to achieve cult status a movie "must provide a completely _____ world so that its fans can quote characters as if they were aspects of the fan's private sectarian world...".
Short Essay Questions
1. How and from whom did St. Thomas unlock the secrets of reason, according to Eco?
2. How does semiotics assist in understanding language and communication, according to Eco?
3. What conclusions does Eco come to regarding the definition of power in "Language, Power, Force"?
4. What was the worst thing to ever happen to St. Thomas Aquinas, according to Eco in "In Praise of St. Thomas"?
5. What argument does Eco put forth in "The Comic and the Rule"?
6. What location does Eco describe in "Two Families of Objects"?
7. How are spectator sports like war, according to Eco? How are they superior?
8. Whose lecture does Eco discuss in "Language, Power, Force"? Why?
9. How does Eco define "motif"? What word does he choose to use instead?
10. How does Eco refute the theory of communication by Marshall McLuhan?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe a museum of your choosing and how it reflects or does not reflect authenticity. According to Eco's definition and theories, is this museum authentic and how is that determined?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the original 2001: A Space Odyssey and imitations of the original and discuss the impact of imitation. How does this reflect the concept of postmodernism?
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