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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 book of Hans Sedlmayr's is cited by Eco in the book?

2. Eco suggests that power contains both elements of "repression" and excitation, power is "plural," and that power is what?

3. Who directed Casablanca?

4. When was Roland Barthes born?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the Roman Empire and its fall. In what ways is the Roman Empire comparable to American society today?

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