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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) Abolished.
(b) Appalled.
(c) Admonished.
(d) Administering angels.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What did medieval psychology deal with?
(a) The body.
(b) The conscience.
(c) The mind.
(d) The soul.

13. What did medieval scholars have a crude knowledge of?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Tidal pulls.
(c) Gravity.
(d) Geography.

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the third species of creation thought to be created in medieval times?

2. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?

3. When was mapping authority denied in Asia?

4. What did medieval men like reading about the most?

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

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