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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section X Chapter 6 219-238.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eco suggests that both Hans Sedlmayr and Marshall McLuhan use similar facts and arrive at what?
(a) Dead ends.
(b) A preposterous opinion.
(c) The point where they started.
(d) Opposite conclusions.

2. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" Eco again returns to the metaphor of Superman to what?
(a) A car.
(b) America.
(c) A train.
(d) A dog.

3. When was Hans Sedlmayr born?
(a) 1896.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1905.

4. What was the Roman Colosseum used principally to host?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Theatre.
(c) Gladiatorial shows.
(d) Chariot races.

5. What book of Marshall McLuhan's is cited in "Cogito Interruptus"?
(a) The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man.
(b) Understanding Media.
(c) The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man.
(d) War and Peace in the Global Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?

2. The two ideologies of progress cited by Eco in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" are suggested by the media to be the foundation for the re-birth of what?

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

4. Eco suggests that engaging in sport is now confused with what?

5. When was Jim Jones born?

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