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. Which of the following was a medieval writer?
(a) Milton.
(b) Dante.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Shakespeare.

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

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

4. Which of the following did Lewis say medieval men worshiped?
(a) Moths.
(b) Cats.
(c) None of these.
(d) Books.

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

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

7. Which of these was the model centered on?
(a) The earth.
(b) Nature.
(c) Theology.
(d) The universe.

8. Where is Scipio Minor taken in Somnious Scipionis?
(a) Stellarnium.
(b) Stellan.
(c) Stellanus.
(d) Stellatum.

9. How many sources contributed to the model?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

11. How does Lewis feel about the popular beliefs about medieval man?
(a) He agrees.
(b) He partly agrees.
(c) He disagrees.
(d) He finds it rediculous.

12. Why does Lewis not give full credit to the model?
(a) It was too broad.
(b) It was not sensitive enough to change.
(c) It was not moved by the debates.
(d) All of these.

13. What was historically important for the Middle Ages?
(a) Writings.
(b) Heated debates.
(c) The model.
(d) Religious fervor.

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

15. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?
(a) 50 BC.
(b) 0 BC.
(c) 0 AD.
(d) 50 AD.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Macrobius usually write about?

2. What else is the model a reflection of?

3. Which of the following of the medieval man are studied in this book?

4. What does Lewis say did NOT affect the model?

5. How did Chalcidius feel about Apulieius's doctrines?

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