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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say some people view the medieval man as?
(a) All of these.
(b) Barbaric.
(c) Less civilized.
(d) Simple.

2. Who worked the hardest at reconciling things in medieval times?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Kings.
(d) Civilians.

3. What does Lewis say did NOT affect the model?
(a) Religious movements.
(b) Great debates.
(c) Controversy.
(d) Opinions.

4. What other element of medieval times were effected by the model?
(a) Educational.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Economic.
(d) Geographical.

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

6. How did the medieval mind differ from the modern mind?
(a) They never made snap judgements.
(b) They were very faithful.
(c) They were very scientific.
(d) They had no pre-concevied notions.

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

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

9. What separated nature from the sky?
(a) The orbit of the moon.
(b) The horizon.
(c) The passing of the sun.
(d) The ocean tides.

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

11. Who do Christians say created nature?
(a) Michael.
(b) Christ.
(c) Adam.
(d) God.

12. What did Macrobius think was the center of the universe?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) The heavens.
(d) The earth.

13. What does Lewis say the medieval mind had a desire to do?
(a) Organize ideas.
(b) Divine the future.
(c) Make new discoveries.
(d) See into the past.

14. How does Lewis label the model?
(a) A tradition.
(b) A standard.
(c) An ideal.
(d) A reservation.

15. Why is it hard to determine what Chalcidius's religion was?
(a) He moved from place to place.
(b) He never wrote about his beliefs.
(c) He was loved by both sides.
(d) He writes both pagan and Christian literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did Lewis say medieval men worshiped?

2. Which of the following of the medieval man are studied in this book?

3. What was the model a backdrop for?

4. Which of the following was a medieval writer?

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

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