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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. Eco compares cults to what, which he asserts have existed at least since the time of Christ?
(a) Dictators.
(b) Religion.
(c) Millenarian dynamics.
(d) Sports.

2. 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 of Romanticism.
(c) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(d) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.

3. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion," Eco suggests that the story of what heralds the return to religion?
(a) Superman.
(b) Wonderwoman.
(c) Captain America.
(d) The Incredible Hulk.

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

5. Where did Jim Jones' cult members commit mass suicide?
(a) Waco, Texas.
(b) Jonestown, Guyana.
(c) Johannesburg, South Africa.
(d) Lima, Peru.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the first Six Flags established?

3. Where is Umberto Eco from?

4. Who created Superman?

5. Where is the Walt Disney World Resort located?

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