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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. What does Lewis say the model should NOT be?
(a) A direct image of the time.
(b) An exaggeration.
(c) A central authority.
(d) A concrete idea.

2. How did the medieval mind differ from the modern mind?
(a) They had no pre-concevied notions.
(b) They never made snap judgements.
(c) They were very scientific.
(d) They were very faithful.

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

4. Which of these is the model a collection of?
(a) Religions.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Traditions.
(d) Powers.

5. What was philosophy supposed to be free of in order to be pure?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Bias.
(c) Theology.
(d) Paganism.

Short Answer Questions

1. As defined by pagans, what did nature include?

2. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?

3. What was Amyclas's occupation?

4. What did medieval man give a great amount of authority to?

5. Why is it hard to determine what Chalcidius's religion was?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Lewis say the pagan and Christian views of spirits differ?

3. What is the model?

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

5. How did Macrobius come to the aid of Cicero and Plato when the benefits of fiction were questioned?

6. Who was Boethius?

7. What does Lewis say makes the model less valid than it could have been?

8. What does the story of Cato and Marcia provide in literature?

9. How did medieval writers feel about Dionysius's work, and why is this so ironic?

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

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