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

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

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 118 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say medieval literature has a fixation on?
(a) Details.
(b) Letters.
(c) Lists.
(d) Description.

2. Where did medieval man think God dwelled?
(a) The equator.
(b) The moon.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The sky.

3. What did Lewis say was most notable about renaissance literature?
(a) Their knowledge.
(b) Their experience.
(c) Their confidence.
(d) Their theories.

4. What did Mars cause men to do?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Overcome illness.
(c) Fall in love.
(d) Speak with boldness.

5. What did medieval men like reading about the most?
(a) The history of their people.
(b) Religion.
(c) The world around them.
(d) The heavens.

6. Which kind of soul gave the power to see and move?
(a) Conscious.
(b) Vegetative.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Rational.

7. How many kinds of souls did medieval man think there were?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

8. Why did some medieval writers not feel the need to use skillful writing?
(a) They had faith in their subject.
(b) They assumed the reader knew about it.
(c) They wanted to appeal to the masses.
(d) They didn't want to offend readers.

9. What topic diverted some writers while writing about other subjects?
(a) Politics.
(b) The Heavens.
(c) God.
(d) Free will.

10. How was the third species of creation thought to be created in medieval times?
(a) Children of men and angels.
(b) Ideas and dreams come to life.
(c) Nature gone awry.
(d) Offspring of the gods.

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(c) Ruined historical documents.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

12. Who taught medieval man how the heavens moved?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Copernicus.

13. What did medieval writers think the world around them was a reflection of?
(a) The sins and cruelty of man.
(b) The heavens.
(c) The worlds of the dead.
(d) The goodness of God.

14. What is it important to remember that the prime mover is NOT?
(a) God.
(b) An angel.
(c) Mortal.
(d) A man.

15. When was mapping authority denied in Asia?
(a) The Ting Dynasty.
(b) The Centennial Dynasty.
(c) The Ming Dynasty.
(d) The Millennial Dynasty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are some modern readers puzzled by the renaissance style of writing?

2. What does Lewis say about the medieval beliefs in the things they worshiped?

3. What did the term "the end of the earth" mean to medieval people?

4. What shape did medieval man believe the earth was?

5. Who did those who called the longaevi a fallen class think they were?

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