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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII: The Influence of the Model.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did medieval writers think the world around them was a reflection of?
(a) The heavens.
(b) The sins and cruelty of man.
(c) The worlds of the dead.
(d) The goodness of God.

2. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?
(a) Properties.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Desires.
(d) Restrictions.

3. What did the medieval men have to reconcile in their culture?
(a) Values that go against nature.
(b) Time changes.
(c) Tribal differences.
(d) Contradicting statements.

4. What about medieval men does Lewis call strange?
(a) Their authority.
(b) Their beliefs.
(c) All of these.
(d) Their traditions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was most important to Dickens in his writing?

2. What did medieval man think guided the earthly spheres?

3. Which of the following did Lewis say medieval men worshiped?

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

5. What did medieval man give a great amount of authority to?

(see the answer key)

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