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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. Eco states that Thomas had to unhook Aristotle's teachings from the use they were being put to by whom?

2. When was Roland Barthes born?

3. Eco suggests that the worst thing to have ever happened to St. Thomas Aquinas was what?

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

5. What sport was Eco apparently very bad at it but wanted to fit in the crowd and thus extolled his father to take him to the games?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Eco assert about sports in the beginning of "Sports Chatter"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how holography has influenced American culture and our perceptions of reality. How is holography an extension of photorealism? How have these formats evolved since the book was written?

Essay Topic 2

Describe an American theme park of your choosing, including the park's history, creator, and concept. How does the park create a hyper reality and what is the ultimate purpose of that hyper reality?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the structure, history and rites of Afro-Brazilian culture. What is the leadership like within these communities?

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