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

2. What religion did Macrobious likely follow?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Philosophy.

3. Who used the prime mover for his own purposes according to medieval beliefs?
(a) The devil.
(b) God.
(c) The moon.
(d) Man.

4. What did medieval men use to predict things?
(a) Weather patterns.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Past events.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did medieval man think caused men to rebel against God?

2. Why was it harder for pagans to write about nature?

3. What was the great project of most medieval writers?

4. What did renaissance writers sometimes make great stretches to include in their work?

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

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