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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. How did Scipio Minor plan to meet the gods?
(a) By living virtuously.
(b) By flying.
(c) By talking to the moon.
(d) By committing suicide.

2. Why were those unaware of the model still affected by it?
(a) The writers wrote from it.
(b) The economic implications reached them.
(c) The priests taught by it.
(d) Their families were raised with it.

3. What about medieval man does Lewis call obsolete?
(a) Their rituals.
(b) Their beliefs.
(c) Their ideas.
(d) Their values.

4. How many kinds of souls did medieval man think there were?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

5. Which of the following of the medieval man are studied in this book?
(a) Belligerance.
(b) Diligence.
(c) Values.
(d) Thought process.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which soul was created by God?

2. What, according to Macrobius, was a visum?

3. How did Lewis describe the authority medieval men gave to the written word?

4. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?

5. What did Lewis say was most notable about renaissance literature?

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