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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: Selected Materials: The Classical Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What separated nature from the sky?
(a) The orbit of the moon.
(b) The passing of the sun.
(c) The ocean tides.
(d) The horizon.

3. What does Somnious Scipionus mean?
(a) The Dream of the Scorpion.
(b) The Dream of Scipio.
(c) Reverence to Scipio.
(d) The Scorpion's Revenge.

4. According to Lewis, how did medieval man come to start those things he calls obsolete?
(a) Naturally.
(b) Randomly.
(c) Imaginatively.
(d) Scientifically.

5. What was the great project of most medieval writers?
(a) To make connections among differing beliefs in books.
(b) To bring a vast level of education to all men.
(c) To record as much history as possible.
(d) To explore the ideas and thought processes of man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worked the hardest at reconciling things in medieval times?

2. What word does Lewis use to describe how most thoughts about medieval man arise?

3. What else is the model a reflection of?

4. What did the medieval men have to reconcile in their culture?

5. How many sources contributed to the model?

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