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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it ironic for Lucan to be cited for scientific purposes?
(a) He has never traveled.
(b) He claimed to be stupid.
(c) He was not educated.
(d) He was not a scientist.

2. What does Lewis say the medieval mind had a desire to do?
(a) See into the past.
(b) Organize ideas.
(c) Make new discoveries.
(d) Divine the future.

3. What religion did Macrobious likely follow?
(a) Atheism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Philosophy.

4. What was Amyclas the model of?
(a) An educated being.
(b) A husband and father.
(c) A noble poor man.
(d) An ambitious teacher.

5. Who began the idea of philosophical purity?
(a) Chalcidius.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Plato.
(d) Plebius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lewis feel about the popular beliefs about medieval man?

2. Who do Christians say created nature?

3. Which of these is the model a collection of?

4. What does Lewis say did NOT affect the model?

5. What did medieval men like to make systems out of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What two philosophies did Apulieus bring to light?

2. What did the model serve as a backdrop for?

3. What were some of the most important debates in medieval times?

4. Who was Amyclas, and how was he important in literature?

5. What did medieval men like to organize and systematize?

6. How did Lewis say the Christians view nature in their writing?

7. Who would have been least likely to know about or understand the model?

8. What did most medieval writers spend a great deal of their time doing?

9. What does Lewis say it is important not to see the model as?

10. Who was Boethius?

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