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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section XI Chapter 6 239-268.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Getty Museum is described by Eco as maintaining a fierce discipline towards faithful historic presentation of authentic works of art in what way?
(a) The context in which they were made.
(b) The way they were meant to be enjoyed.
(c) A manner that reflects the times.
(d) The way the artist saw them.

3. What is a label formulated by US academics to denote the heterogeneous works of a series of French intellectuals?
(a) Neo-Jungianism.
(b) Industrialism.
(c) Post-structuralism.
(d) Mass-psychosis.

4. What is the fourth type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of philological reconstruction.
(b) The Middle Ages of national identities.
(c) The Middle Ages of Romanticism.
(d) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Two Families of Objects," what market does Eco refer to as a "temple" at which the semiotic signs of consumerism may be studied?

2. Eco argues that religion never left but what in fact happened was the increase of personal religious practice outside of what?

3. Where was Leon Foucault from?

4. When was 2001: A Space Odyssey released?

5. What does Eco describe as "stereotyped situations derived from preceding textual tradition"?

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