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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V: The Heavens.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the great project of most medieval writers?
(a) To record as much history as possible.
(b) To explore the ideas and thought processes of man.
(c) To bring a vast level of education to all men.
(d) To make connections among differing beliefs in books.

3. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?
(a) Nature.
(b) The orbit of the moon.
(c) The presentation of the earth.
(d) God's perfection.

4. Where did the souls of the just go according to medieval beliefs?
(a) The stars.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The sky.
(d) Nature.

5. What did the medieval spirits become in Christian writing?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Priests.
(c) Angels.
(d) Saints.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered a perfect shape by medieval man?

2. What does Lewis say it would be a mistake to think about the pagans and Christians?

3. What word does Lewis use to describe how most thoughts about medieval man arise?

4. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?

5. What does Lewis say some people view the medieval man as?

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