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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 were very faithful.
(b) They had no pre-concevied notions.
(c) They were very scientific.
(d) They never made snap judgements.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Which of the following of the medieval man are studied in this book?
(a) Belligerance.
(b) Thought process.
(c) Diligence.
(d) Values.

8. According to Lewis, how did medieval man come to start those things he calls obsolete?
(a) Scientifically.
(b) Imaginatively.
(c) Randomly.
(d) Naturally.

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

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

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

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

13. When did the model appear?
(a) The stone ages.
(b) Classical antiquity.
(c) Industrial Age.
(d) Middle Ages.

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

15. What was the model a backdrop for?
(a) Priests.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Painters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the great project of most medieval writers?

2. Where did the souls of the just go according to medieval beliefs?

3. How does Lewis label the model?

4. Which of these was the model centered on?

5. Who worked the hardest at reconciling things in medieval times?

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