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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section VI - Chapter 4 133-158.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Whose Side are the Orixa on?" Eco describes sacred rites of whom?
(a) The Congolese.
(b) The Afro-Brazilians.
(c) The Inca.
(d) The Aztecs.

2. Where was Che Guevara from?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Argentina.
(c) Ecuador.
(d) Peru.

3. According to Eco, hyper reality serves to confuse the boundaries of what?
(a) Church and state.
(b) Horror vacui.
(c) Ultimate counterfeit.
(d) Space and time.

4. Where is the art display of the two women described in Section I - Chapter 1, "Travels in Hyper Reality"?
(a) The New York School of Hyperbole.
(b) The New York School of Geology.
(c) The New York School of Holography.
(d) The New York School of Geography.

5. What is the second of two categories Eco proposes that thoughts about God fall into in "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion"?
(a) God is perfect, people are not.
(b) God in the negative, through what he is not.
(c) God having attributes that humans do not possess.
(d) God seeing all things at all times.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eco discusses the current cultural fascination with the Middle Ages that he refers to as what?

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

3. In "Striking at the Heart of the State," Eco insists that the truth of a communication lies in how it is ______ more so than the form, content, or vehicle of the message.

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

5. Eco suggests of religion that these monuments that are being created are a form of timelessness that satisfies human desire for what?

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