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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 man think the universe was a series of?
(a) Repetitions.
(b) Concentric spheres.
(c) Matter.
(d) Patterns and ideas.

2. What did the term "the end of the earth" mean to medieval people?
(a) The separating space between earth and sky.
(b) The separation between the realm of gods and the realm of men.
(c) The edge of the flat earth.
(d) The edge of known geography.

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

4. According to Lewis, how did medieval man come to start those things he calls obsolete?
(a) Imaginatively.
(b) Naturally.
(c) Scientifically.
(d) Randomly.

5. What is the model a reflection of?
(a) History of the world.
(b) Traditions of the time.
(c) Education of the time.
(d) Philosophy of the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Scipio Minor say is insignificant while he is in the sky?

2. How many types of dreams did Macrobius say existed?

3. What other element of medieval times were effected by the model?

4. What does Lewis say about the medieval beliefs in the things they worshiped?

5. What did medieval man think guided the celestial spheres?

(see the answer key)

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