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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. 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 seeing all things at all times.
(b) God is perfect, people are not.
(c) God in the negative, through what he is not.
(d) God having attributes that humans do not possess.

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 way they were meant to be enjoyed.
(b) A manner that reflects the times.
(c) The way the artist saw them.
(d) The context in which they were made.

3. Eco asserts that because of the multinational arrangement, there is no head of a particular government or country that can be toppled in order to change what?
(a) The status quo.
(b) The arts world.
(c) The military.
(d) The family unit.

4. When was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1899.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1908.

5. Where was Marshall McLuhan born?
(a) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
(b) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(c) Edmonton, Alberta.
(d) Toronto, Ontario.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Sacred is Not Just a Fashion" Eco again returns to the metaphor of Superman to what?

2. What fake aspect was built to house the Ringling Museum of Art?

3. What was the Roman Colosseum used principally to host?

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

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

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