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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. When was Hans Sedlmayr born?

2. In "Two Families of Objects," Eco cites Karl Marx implying that markets are the very places in which the goods that are being sold do what?

3. Eco refutes Foucault's concept of language as being what?

4. Eco suggests that sports have a definitive healthy purpose, among them what?

5. When was St. Thomas Aquinas born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Eco propose that one must free oneself from the confines of language?

2. How does Eco define "motif"? What word does he choose to use instead?

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

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

5. What books and authors does Eco cite in "Cogito Interruptus"? What conclusion does he come to of their theories?

6. How does semiotics assist in understanding language and communication, according to Eco?

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

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

9. What argument does Eco put forth in "The Comic and the Rule"?

10. How many inter-textual archetypes were used in Casablanca, according to Eco? What does this do?

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

Discuss American zoos, aquariums and religious monuments. How do these fall into the category of hyper reality in Eco's vision?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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