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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: Selected Materials: The Classical Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would guarantee the truth of something to a medieval man?
(a) Divining it from nature.
(b) Seeing signs in the sky.
(c) Having it written in a book.
(d) Hearing it from a priest.

2. Why was it ironic for Lucan to be cited for scientific purposes?
(a) He claimed to be stupid.
(b) He was not educated.
(c) He was not a scientist.
(d) He has never traveled.

3. What does Lewis say the model should NOT be?
(a) A central authority.
(b) An exaggeration.
(c) A direct image of the time.
(d) A concrete idea.

4. Which of these was the model also centered around?
(a) Religion.
(b) Values.
(c) People.
(d) Ideas.

5. Where did Somnious Scipionis appear?
(a) Cicero's Republic.
(b) Plato's Philosophies.
(c) Scipio's History.
(d) Aristotle's writings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the medieval spirits become in Christian writing?

2. Who cited Lucan for scientific purposes?

3. What was medieval philosophy supposed to always be separated from?

4. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?

5. Which of the following was a medieval writer?

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