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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Chaucer like to find his writing material?
(a) By adapting and adding on to former works.
(b) By creating a poetic image.
(c) By writing about real people.
(d) By imagining new people and places.

4. Why was it ironic for Lucan to be cited for scientific purposes?
(a) He claimed to be stupid.
(b) He has never traveled.
(c) He was not a scientist.
(d) He was not educated.

5. What else is the model a reflection of?
(a) Religious currents.
(b) Authority figures.
(c) Strange beliefs.
(d) Duty and obligation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Chacidius borrow from to expand the Doctrine of the Triad?

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

3. How does Lewis say people should look at the medieval model at the end of this book?

4. Where is Scipio Minor taken in Somnious Scipionis?

5. Educated men in what age were most impacted by the model?

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