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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What word does Lewis use to describe how most thoughts about medieval man arise?
(a) Sporadically.
(b) Naturally.
(c) Randomly.
(d) Spontaneously.

6. What is the story about Cato and Marcia an allegory for?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Lust.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Adultery.

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

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

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

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

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

12. Why was it harder for pagans to write about nature?
(a) It was not important.
(b) It was not based on religion.
(c) It was hard to define.
(d) It was all encompassing.

13. What writer did Chalcidius adore?
(a) Plato.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Lucan.
(d) Sohpcles.

14. What does Somnious Scipionus mean?
(a) The Scorpion's Revenge.
(b) Reverence to Scipio.
(c) The Dream of the Scorpion.
(d) The Dream of Scipio.

15. What was Amyclas's occupation?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was a medieval writer?

2. What would guarantee the truth of something to a medieval man?

3. How did the medieval mind differ from the modern mind?

4. Who cited Lucan for scientific purposes?

5. What about medieval men does Lewis call strange?

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