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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis say makes medieval literature dull and boring?
(a) The details.
(b) The tone.
(c) The similarities in the books.
(d) The lists.

2. What is the tone of most medieval books?
(a) Informative.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Imaginative.
(d) Angry.

3. What kind of writing did medieval writers enjoy that modern writers do not?
(a) Individual.
(b) Poetic.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Collaborative.

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

5. What did Jupiter cause men to do?
(a) Confront their fears.
(b) Find happiness.
(c) Lose their minds.
(d) Realize their truths.

6. What does Lewis say about the medieval beliefs in the things they worshiped?
(a) There were no fixed beliefs.
(b) They were always changing.
(c) It was unproductive.
(d) It was central to their lives.

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

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

9. Which of the following was NOT something worshiped in medieval times?
(a) Centaurs.
(b) Wizards.
(c) Fairies.
(d) Elves.

10. Where did medieval man think God dwelled?
(a) The sky.
(b) The equator.
(c) The moon.
(d) Heaven.

11. Where would one find the fifth element?
(a) Beyond the sky.
(b) Outside the orbit of the moon.
(c) Underneath the earth.
(d) At the equator.

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

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

14. Which philosopher believed souls to be eternal?
(a) Plato.
(b) Augistine.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Chalcidius.

15. What did renaissance writers sometimes make great stretches to include in their work?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?

2. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?

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

4. What did geographers try to find the location of?

5. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?

(see the answer keys)

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