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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) Captain America.
(b) Wonderwoman.
(c) The Incredible Hulk.
(d) Superman.

2. Eco states that spectator sports are a form of what, which like war, allows the aggressive impulses to be discharged?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Exercise.
(c) Hygiene.
(d) Therapy.

3. Where was Leon Foucault from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Morocco.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. What is the second type of Middle Ages presented by Eco in order to approach the subject in a disciplined way?
(a) The Middle Ages of the philosophia perennis.
(b) The Middle Ages as a pretext.
(c) The Middle Ages as the site of an ironical revisitation.
(d) The Middle Ages as a barbaric age.

5. When was Umberto Eco born?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1925.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where was the first Six Flags established?

5. Eco suggests that both Hans Sedlmayr and Marshall McLuhan use similar facts and arrive at what?

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