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

2. Sedlmayr explores the theme of the lost center through the changes in what over the years?
(a) Art.
(b) Technology.
(c) Politics.
(d) Architecture.

3. Eco believes that Sedlmayr's entire book exists to provide evidence of what?
(a) The human condition.
(b) Political conspiracy.
(c) A conclusion that has already been made in Sedlmayr's mind.
(d) Questions that exist within Sedlmayr's mind.

4. When did Jim Jones die?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1978.

5. Eco states that spectator sports are a form of what, which like war, allows the aggressive impulses to be discharged?
(a) Exercise.
(b) Therapy.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Hygiene.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco believes that new "negative theologies" may give insight into what?

2. When did construction start on the Roman Colosseum?

3. Eco suggests that the vital essence of sports becomes further removed by what?

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

5. What book of Marshall McLuhan's is cited in "Cogito Interruptus"?

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