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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Earth and Her Inhabitants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these was NOT one of the kinds of souls believed in by medieval man?
(a) Vegetative.
(b) Rational.
(c) Conscious.
(d) Sensitive.

2. What did the medieval spirits become in Christian writing?
(a) Priests.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Saints.
(d) Angels.

3. Who cited Lucan for scientific purposes?
(a) Dante.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

4. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?
(a) God's perfection.
(b) The presentation of the earth.
(c) The orbit of the moon.
(d) Nature.

5. What led to the belief of unicorns?
(a) Imitated pictures.
(b) False tales.
(c) Fairy tales.
(d) Strange images.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the medieval people call the fifth element?

2. What did medieval men think only a wise man could do?

3. Which kind of soul gave the power to see and move?

4. What did medieval man think guided the earthly spheres?

5. Which soul was created by God?

(see the answer key)

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