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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Macrobius usually write about?
(a) The power of education.
(b) The protection of nature.
(c) The need for love and kindness.
(d) The origin of the world.

2. What doctrine helped some men understand the longaevi?
(a) The doctrine of astrology.
(b) The doctrine of the triad.
(c) The doctrine of longevity.
(d) The doctrine of plentitude.

3. What does Lewis say causes men to think the way they do about medieval man?
(a) Their misinformation.
(b) Their upbringing.
(c) Their education.
(d) Their environment.

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

5. When did the model appear?
(a) The stone ages.
(b) Classical antiquity.
(c) Industrial Age.
(d) Middle Ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in the sky changed regularly?

2. What did Macrobius think would be found at the equator?

3. What did the medieval people call the fifth element?

4. What was nominalism opposed to?

5. Why was it ironic for Lucan to be cited for scientific purposes?

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