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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Christians feel about predicting things?
(a) They feared it but admitted it worked.
(b) They condemned it, but admitted it worked.
(c) They condemned it and thought it was bogus.
(d) They were amused by it, but gave it no credence.

2. What did medieval men think only a wise man could do?
(a) Resist the influence of the planets.
(b) Divine the future by studying the past.
(c) See into the future.
(d) Ignore astrology.

3. What is the story about Cato and Marcia an allegory for?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Adultery.
(c) Lust.
(d) Marriage.

4. What does Lewis say it would be a mistake to think about the pagans and Christians?
(a) They were similar in some way.
(b) There was a bold line defining them.
(c) They could live peacable together.
(d) They were totally opposite.

5. What is thought to be at fault for people thinking medieval scholars had the wrong idea about the shape of the earth?
(a) Ruined historical documents.
(b) Loud rebels.
(c) Bad maps.
(d) Incorrect literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did renaissance writers sometimes make great stretches to include in their work?

2. What did medieval writers think the world around them was a reflection of?

3. What about medieval man does Lewis call obsolete?

4. Why was it harder for pagans to write about nature?

5. Where is Scipio Minor taken in Somnious Scipionis?

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