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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 Christians feel about predicting things?
(a) They feared it but admitted it worked.
(b) They were amused by it, but gave it no credence.
(c) They condemned it and thought it was bogus.
(d) They condemned it, but admitted it worked.

2. What does Lewis say the model was NOT?
(a) Flexible.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Tangible.
(d) Movable.

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

4. How many types of dreams did Macrobius say existed?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

5. What kind of writing did medieval writers enjoy that modern writers do not?
(a) Poetic.
(b) Individual.
(c) Collaborative.
(d) Dramatic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Jupiter cause men to do?

2. What was philosophy supposed to be free of in order to be pure?

3. How did Lewis describe the debate of nominalism?

4. Which of these was the model also centered around?

5. What did medieval men like reading about the most?

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