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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was philosophy supposed to be free of in order to be pure?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Bias.
(d) Theology.

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

5. Where did Somnious Scipionis appear?
(a) Cicero's Republic.
(b) Plato's Philosophies.
(c) Scipio's History.
(d) Aristotle's writings.

6. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?
(a) 0 AD.
(b) 50 BC.
(c) 50 AD.
(d) 0 BC.

7. How did Chalcidius feel about Apulieius's doctrines?
(a) He agreed with one of them.
(b) He could find no scientific proof of them.
(c) He agreed with them.
(d) He opposed them.

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

9. What is an Antipode?
(a) A region of earth.
(b) A kind of storm.
(c) A star.
(d) A mythological creature.

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

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

12. What does Lewis say the model should NOT be?
(a) A central authority.
(b) A concrete idea.
(c) An exaggeration.
(d) A direct image of the time.

13. What does Lewis say it would be a mistake to think about the pagans and Christians?
(a) They were similar in some way.
(b) They were totally opposite.
(c) There was a bold line defining them.
(d) They could live peacable together.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who do Christians say created nature?

3. What does Lewis say all men have an immediate response to?

4. What was medieval philosophy supposed to always be separated from?

5. Where is Scipio Minor taken in Somnious Scipionis?

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