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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section IV Chapter 3 - 87-112.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "City of Robots," Eco asserts that in America there are cities that are created purely for what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Devastation.
(d) Money making.

2. Eco believes that new "negative theologies" may give insight into what?
(a) Common belief.
(b) Revolutionary thought.
(c) Psychic abilities.
(d) Mental illness.

3. 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) Anonymous churches.
(b) A "new religiosity."
(c) Spiritual beliefs.
(d) Silent worship.

4. What is the ninth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of so-called Tradition.
(b) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.

5. Eco proposes that tourists at Disney must have a certain passivity and behave as what in order to enjoy themselves?
(a) Robots.
(b) Children.
(c) Wild animals.
(d) Consumers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" Eco describes sacred rites of whom?

2. What is the sixth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?

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

4. Eco asserts that America is a country that is fixated on realism, even to the point of obtaining "real" what?

5. Ego proposes that our fascination with the Middle Ages is related to a desire to do what?

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