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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made people talk less about the longaevi?
(a) Their lack of proof.
(b) Their sinister nature.
(c) Their loss of power.
(d) The controversy surrounding them.

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

3. What led to the belief of unicorns?
(a) Imitated pictures.
(b) Fairy tales.
(c) False tales.
(d) Strange images.

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

5. Who taught medieval man how the heavens moved?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Plato.

6. How was the third species of creation thought to be created in medieval times?
(a) Children of men and angels.
(b) Offspring of the gods.
(c) Ideas and dreams come to life.
(d) Nature gone awry.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many kinds of souls did medieval man think there were?

2. What did the term "the end of the earth" mean to medieval people?

3. What topic diverted some writers while writing about other subjects?

4. What is considered a perfect shape by medieval man?

5. Who did medieval man think caused men to rebel against God?

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