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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. According to Eco, spectator sports are "morally superior" to war because they only involve what?
(a) Teamwork.
(b) Willing participants.
(c) Strategic coaching.
(d) Paid athletes.

2. Eco asserts that sport now exists mainly for what reasons?
(a) Spiritual.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Economic.
(d) Physical.

3. 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?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Hockey.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Baseball.

4. Eco argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?
(a) God's view.
(b) Conventional religion.
(c) Churches.
(d) Popular culture.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a medium that focuses on a single sense in order to foster a "high power of definition"?

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

3. Eco suggests that sports is a form of what that serves to distract and create wasteful talk with no actual purpose or value?

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

5. In addition to the organized religions, Eco proposes that there is also what for those who have been somewhat on the margins of society?

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