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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did some medieval writers not feel the need to use skillful writing?
(a) They wanted to appeal to the masses.
(b) They assumed the reader knew about it.
(c) They had faith in their subject.
(d) They didn't want to offend readers.

2. What did medieval men think each planet had?
(a) Their own personality.
(b) Their own form of time.
(c) Their own populations.
(d) Their own god.

3. What doctrine helped some men understand the longaevi?
(a) The doctrine of plentitude.
(b) The doctrine of astrology.
(c) The doctrine of longevity.
(d) The doctrine of the triad.

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

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

6. What is considered a perfect shape by medieval man?
(a) Circle.
(b) Square.
(c) Triangle.
(d) Pentagon.

7. What did the thought of demonic spirits lead the Longeavi to being?
(a) Admonished.
(b) Abolished.
(c) Administering angels.
(d) Appalled.

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

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

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

11. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?
(a) The presentation of the earth.
(b) Nature.
(c) God's perfection.
(d) The orbit of the moon.

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

13. What did Lewis say was most notable about renaissance literature?
(a) Their experience.
(b) Their confidence.
(c) Their theories.
(d) Their knowledge.

14. What attribute does Lewis say medieval writers had that modern ones do not?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Humilty.
(c) Pride.
(d) Confidence.

15. Why was zoology such a studied science?
(a) Men depended on animals.
(b) They were connected to humans.
(c) Animals were worth a lot of money.
(d) They were used to study medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did medieval men use to predict things?

2. What did medieval man think guided the celestial spheres?

3. Where did medieval man think God dwelled?

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

5. What shape did medieval man believe the earth was?

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