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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the prime mover live?
(a) The equator.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The largest sphere.
(d) The moon.

2. What did medieval men think only a wise man could do?
(a) See into the future.
(b) Ignore astrology.
(c) Divine the future by studying the past.
(d) Resist the influence of the planets.

3. What did medieval man think guided the earthly spheres?
(a) God.
(b) Their own intelligence.
(c) Fairies.
(d) The prime mover.

4. What did geographers try to find the location of?
(a) The Garden of Eden.
(b) The volcano of Dante.
(c) The Garden of Gethsemane.
(d) The fountain of youth.

5. What does Lewis say it is hard for some people to grasp about medieval beliefs?
(a) They were ahead of their times.
(b) They were unable to see the truth of matters.
(c) They believed in fanciful creatures.
(d) They had such easily disproved ideas.

6. Why are some modern readers puzzled by the renaissance style of writing?
(a) Their plots are not always completed.
(b) All of these.
(c) They do not stay on topic.
(d) They talk about mythical things.

7. Who did medieval man think caused men to rebel against God?
(a) longaevi.
(b) Fallen angels.
(c) Their inner beings.
(d) Satan.

8. What did medieval man think guided the celestial spheres?
(a) Their own intelligence.
(b) The prime mover.
(c) God.
(d) Fairies.

9. How did Chaucer like to find his writing material?
(a) By creating a poetic image.
(b) By imagining new people and places.
(c) By writing about real people.
(d) By adapting and adding on to former works.

10. Which soul was created by God?
(a) Conscious.
(b) Vegetative.
(c) Rational.
(d) Sensitive.

11. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?
(a) Caligraphy.
(b) Printing.
(c) Cartography.
(d) Pressing.

12. What was most important to Dickens in his writing?
(a) The subject.
(b) The message of his book.
(c) His writing.
(d) The setting.

13. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?
(a) Restrictions.
(b) Desires.
(c) Properties.
(d) Obedience.

14. Which of the following was NOT commonly written about in renaissance literature?
(a) Common Sense.
(b) Religion.
(c) Biology.
(d) Anatomy.

15. What does "longaevi" mean?
(a) Long width.
(b) Long lived.
(c) Learned.
(d) Larger than life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did medieval man think led the rebellion of fallen angels?

2. What did some great medieval writers sometimes make lists of in the middle of their books?

3. Why did some longaevi not want to be seen by people?

4. Which of the following was NOT something worshiped in medieval times?

5. Who did those who called the longaevi a fallen class think they were?

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