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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who wrote about Amyclas?
(a) Milton.
(b) Aquian.
(c) Lucan.
(d) Dante.

3. How many sources contributed to the model?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Four.

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

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

6. What did the medieval men have to reconcile in their culture?
(a) Contradicting statements.
(b) Values that go against nature.
(c) Tribal differences.
(d) Time changes.

7. Who does Chacidius borrow from to expand the Doctrine of the Triad?
(a) Apulieus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Chaucer.

8. What did Aristotle's writings not interfere with?
(a) The model.
(b) Nominalism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Socialism.

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

10. What about medieval man does Lewis call obsolete?
(a) Their rituals.
(b) Their beliefs.
(c) Their ideas.
(d) Their values.

11. What was Amyclas the model of?
(a) An ambitious teacher.
(b) A noble poor man.
(c) An educated being.
(d) A husband and father.

12. 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.

13. Which of the following was a medieval writer?
(a) Cicero.
(b) Boethius.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Aquinas.

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

15. What element of medieval times were effected by the model?
(a) Religious.
(b) Authoritative.
(c) Agricultural.
(d) Social.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chalcidius feel about Apulieius's doctrines?

2. What did Scipio Minor say is insignificant while he is in the sky?

3. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?

4. What separated nature from the sky?

5. According to Lewis, how did medieval man come to start those things he calls obsolete?

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