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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following was a medieval writer?
(a) Dante.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Milton.

2. How did Lewis describe the debate of nominalism?
(a) Heated.
(b) Historic.
(c) Important.
(d) All of these.

3. What did the medieval spirits become in Christian writing?
(a) Saints.
(b) Priests.
(c) Ghosts.
(d) Angels.

4. Which of these was the model centered on?
(a) Nature.
(b) Theology.
(c) The universe.
(d) The earth.

5. Who began the idea of philosophical purity?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Chalcidius.
(c) Plato.
(d) Plebius.

6. What was nominalism opposed to?
(a) Plebianism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Grantism.

7. What does Lewis say causes men to think the way they do about medieval man?
(a) Their misinformation.
(b) Their environment.
(c) Their education.
(d) Their upbringing.

8. As defined by pagans, what did nature include?
(a) The living things.
(b) Everything.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The earth.

9. What is the model a reflection of?
(a) Philosophy of the time.
(b) History of the world.
(c) Traditions of the time.
(d) Education of the time.

10. How did nature differ from the sky?
(a) Nature is inhabited.
(b) Everything in nature changes.
(c) Nature cannot be controlled.
(d) Nothing in nature changes.

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

12. What influence brought about the Seminal Period?
(a) Medieval.
(b) Roman.
(c) Christian.
(d) Pagan.

13. What was historically important for the Middle Ages?
(a) Heated debates.
(b) Religious fervor.
(c) The model.
(d) Writings.

14. What did medieval man give a great amount of authority to?
(a) Books.
(b) The stars.
(c) Nature.
(d) Preachers.

15. What does Lewis say all men have an immediate response to?
(a) Their environment.
(b) Their emotions.
(c) Their thoughts.
(d) Theis upbringing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is the model a collection of?

2. How many sources contributed to the model?

3. Who was Amyclas NOT intimidated by?

4. What side of the medieval debate did Aristotle side with?

5. When did the model appear?

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