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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mars cause men to do?
(a) Speak with boldness.
(b) Overcome illness.
(c) Go to war.
(d) Fall in love.

2. What does Lewis say the medieval world imposed on objects?
(a) Desires.
(b) Restrictions.
(c) Obedience.
(d) Properties.

3. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?
(a) Concentric spheres.
(b) Repetitions.
(c) Matter.
(d) Patterns and ideas.

4. How is modern writing different from medieval writing?
(a) We don't like fantasy as much.
(b) We read about real people.
(c) We want more description.
(d) We are more involved in the plot.

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

6. Who did medieval man think led the rebellion of fallen angels?
(a) Satan.
(b) The prime mover.
(c) Hades.
(d) The first man.

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

8. How many kinds of souls did medieval man think there were?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

9. Which of these was NOT one of the kinds of souls believed in by medieval man?
(a) Conscious.
(b) Sensitive.
(c) Vegetative.
(d) Rational.

10. How did Christians feel about predicting things?
(a) They were amused by it, but gave it no credence.
(b) They condemned it, but admitted it worked.
(c) They feared it but admitted it worked.
(d) They condemned it and thought it was bogus.

11. What does Lewis say can help people better understand the renaissance style of writing?
(a) Knowing about medieval culture.
(b) All of these.
(c) Reading more literature.
(d) Comparing the literture to other genres.

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

13. Why did some longaevi not want to be seen by people?
(a) They were evil.
(b) They were shy.
(c) They were prejudiced.
(d) They were weak.

14. What topic diverted some writers while writing about other subjects?
(a) Free will.
(b) The Heavens.
(c) God.
(d) Politics.

15. What did some people say the longaevi inhabited?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Thoughts and ideas.
(c) Planets.
(d) Natural elements.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is thought to be at fault for people thinking medieval scholars had the wrong idea about the shape of the earth?

2. What did medieval psychology deal with?

3. What do modern people call the things medieval men worshiped?

4. What did medieval man think guided the earthly spheres?

5. What did medieval man say were neither good nor bad?

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