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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. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?
(a) A "new religiosity."
(b) Silent worship.
(c) Anonymous churches.
(d) Spiritual beliefs.

2. What ideology of progress seeks to improve the world through the use of science and technology?
(a) Positivistic-technological.
(b) Negativistic-factual.
(c) Religion.
(d) Materialistic-historical.

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

4. What refers to a medium that focuses on a single sense in order to foster a "high power of definition"?
(a) Cool medium.
(b) Wet medium.
(c) Dry medium.
(d) Hot medium.

5. When did construction start on the Roman Colosseum?
(a) 65 B.C.
(b) 12 A.D.
(c) 72 A.D.
(d) 22 B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" Eco again returns to the metaphor of Superman to what?

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. In "Sports Chatter" Eco remarks that it would be easier to have a protest in what than a football field?

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

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?

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