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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is a point of modern contention about the longaevi?
(a) Their powers.
(b) Their reality.
(c) Their creation.
(d) Their purpose.

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

5. What was the third species thought to have similar with men?
(a) Rational thoughts.
(b) Mortality.
(c) Life spans.
(d) Intelligence.

6. Who used the prime mover for his own purposes according to medieval beliefs?
(a) The moon.
(b) The devil.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

7. Who did those who called the longaevi a fallen class think they were?
(a) Fallen angels.
(b) All of these.
(c) Servants of the devil.
(d) Rebellious dead.

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

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

10. What is thought to be at fault for people thinking medieval scholars had the wrong idea about the shape of the earth?
(a) Loud rebels.
(b) Incorrect literature.
(c) Ruined historical documents.
(d) Bad maps.

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

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

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

14. What did medieval men like reading about the most?
(a) The history of their people.
(b) The heavens.
(c) The world around them.
(d) Religion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it important to remember that the prime mover is NOT?

2. How is modern writing different from medieval writing?

3. What attribute does Lewis say medieval writers had that modern ones do not?

4. What does "longaevi" mean?

5. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?

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