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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was NOT a contributor to the model?
(a) Dante's Divine Comedy.
(b) Virgil.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Ovid.

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

3. What was realism opposed to?
(a) Religiousism.
(b) Cathechism.
(c) Plebianism.
(d) Nominalism.

4. How does Lewis label the model?
(a) An ideal.
(b) A reservation.
(c) A standard.
(d) A tradition.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Somnious Scipionis appear?

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

3. Which of these is the model a collection of?

4. What is the story about Cato and Marcia an allegory for?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lewis say the pagans view nature in their writing?

2. How did Dionysius split up the different groups of angels?

3. How did Lewis say the pagan and Christian views of spirits differ?

4. How were people unaware of the model affected by it still?

5. Who was Boethius?

6. How did medieval writers feel about Dionysius's work, and why is this so ironic?

7. How did Macrobius come to the aid of Cicero and Plato when the benefits of fiction were questioned?

8. What were some of the most important debates in medieval times?

9. What does Lewis say the process is for most people when they make their opinion of medieval men and practices?

10. How did Macrobius clean up Somnium Scipius?

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