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Written exam Short Media History – sample questions
14 Jan. 2025
Write your name on every page! Tick the box for the correct answer. Only one answer is correct in each case (single
choice). GOOD LUCK!
1. Marshall McLuhan defined media as “the … of man”:
A) ☐ extensions B) ☐ appendages
C) ☐ scourge D) ☐ houses
2. In labelling different types of media, the suffix “-graphy“ is usually taken to mean
A) ☐ representational B) ☐ proximate
C) ☐ connective D) ☐ visual
3. One of the earliest English poems is Caedmon’s …
A) ☐ song B) ☐ hymn C) ☐ digest D) ☐ manuscript
4. How many folds make an octavo?
A) ☐ one B) ☐ two C) ☐ three D) ☐ four
5. Samuel Richardson is the author of …
A) ☐ Pomelo B) ☐ Pomegranate
C) ☐ Pamela D) ☐ Philomena
6. Kipling’s poem “The Deep-Sea Cables” refers to which technical achievement?
A) ☐ telephone B) ☐ telegraph C) ☐ television D) ☐ submarines
7. Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood is a …
A) ☐ novel B) ☐ poem C) ☐ play D) ☐ radio play
8. Henry Green’s novel Living contains a scene set in a …
A) ☐ library B) ☐ barnyard C) ☐ cinema D) ☐ theatre
9. The Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein wrote a theory of …
A) ☐ the close-up B) ☐ montage
C) ☐ lighting D) ☐ film sound
10. Samuel Beckett wrote a film in the 1960s. What was its title?
A) ☐ Show B) ☐ Celluloid C) ☐ Film D) ☐ Seeing
Written exam Short Media History – sample questions
14 Jan. 2025
Write your name on every page! Tick the box for the correct answer. Only one answer is correct in each case (single
choice). GOOD LUCK!
1. Marshall McLuhan defined media as “the … of man”:
A) ☐ extensions B) ☐ appendages
C) ☐ scourge D) ☐ houses
2. In labelling different types of media, the suffix “-graphy“ is usually taken to mean
A) ☐ representational B) ☐ proximate
C) ☐ connective D) ☐ visual
3. One of the earliest English poems is Caedmon’s …
A) ☐ song B) ☐ hymn C) ☐ digest D) ☐ manuscript
4. How many folds make an octavo?
A) ☐ one B) ☐ two C) ☐ three D) ☐ four
5. Samuel Richardson is the author of …
A) ☐ Pomelo B) ☐ Pomegranate
C) ☐ Pamela D) ☐ Philomena
6. Kipling’s poem “The Deep-Sea Cables” refers to which technical achievement?
A) ☐ telephone B) ☐ telegraph C) ☐ television D) ☐ submarines
7. Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood is a …
A) ☐ novel B) ☐ poem C) ☐ play D) ☐ radio play
8. Henry Green’s novel Living contains a scene set in a …
A) ☐ library B) ☐ barnyard C) ☐ cinema D) ☐ theatre
9. The Russian film director Sergei Eisenstein wrote a theory of …
A) ☐ the close-up B) ☐ montage
C) ☐ lighting D) ☐ film sound
10. Samuel Beckett wrote a film in the 1960s. What was its title?
A) ☐ Show B) ☐ Celluloid C) ☐ Film D) ☐ Seeing
