The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Amyclas's occupation?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Preacher.

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

3. Who began the idea of philosophical purity?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plebius.
(d) Chalcidius.

4. How did Lewis describe the debate of nominalism?
(a) All of these.
(b) Heated.
(c) Important.
(d) Historic.

5. What does Lewis say did NOT affect the model?
(a) Controversy.
(b) Religious movements.
(c) Opinions.
(d) Great debates.

6. What writer did Chalcidius adore?
(a) Plato.
(b) Lucan.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Sohpcles.

7. What about medieval men does Lewis call strange?
(a) Their beliefs.
(b) Their authority.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their traditions.

8. What kind of person would not have heard of the model?
(a) Medieval scholars.
(b) Educated people.
(c) Lower citizens.
(d) Priests.

9. As defined by pagans, what did nature include?
(a) The living things.
(b) Everything.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The earth.

10. Who was Amyclas NOT intimidated by?
(a) His wife.
(b) His god.
(c) Caesar.
(d) Cicero.

11. What influence brought about the Seminal Period?
(a) Pagan.
(b) Medieval.
(c) Christian.
(d) Roman.

12. What element of medieval times were effected by the model?
(a) Social.
(b) Religious.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Authoritative.

13. What was Amyclas the model of?
(a) A noble poor man.
(b) A husband and father.
(c) An educated being.
(d) An ambitious teacher.

14. How did Lewis describe the authority medieval men gave to the written word?
(a) Sacreligious.
(b) Peculiar.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Slavish.

15. What did Scipio Minor say is insignificant while he is in the sky?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Change.
(c) Choice and accountability.
(d) World ambitions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What separated nature from the sky?

2. Who wrote about Amyclas?

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

4. Who cited Lucan for scientific purposes?

5. According to Lewis, how did medieval man come to start those things he calls obsolete?

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