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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 side of the medieval debate did Aristotle side with?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Nominalism.

2. What did Macrobius think would be found at the equator?
(a) A large divide in the land.
(b) The origin of all living things.
(c) Heats too high for man to survive.
(d) The entrance to hell.

3. What does Lewis say separates the medieval man from savages?
(a) Their thirst for knowledge.
(b) Their ideals.
(c) Their strict traditions.
(d) Their religion.

4. Who cited Lucan for scientific purposes?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Dante.
(d) Plato.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What influence brought about the Seminal Period?

2. As defined by pagans, what did nature include?

3. Why is it hard to determine what Chalcidius's religion was?

4. What does Lewis say all men have an immediate response to?

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

(see the answer key)

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