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

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

3. Educated men in what age were most impacted by the model?
(a) Middle Ages.
(b) Modern times.
(c) Industrial Age.
(d) Classical antiquity.

4. What, according to Macrobius, was a visum?
(a) A vision.
(b) An oracle.
(c) A repetition of events.
(d) A nightmare.

5. What about medieval men does Lewis call strange?
(a) Their traditions.
(b) All of these.
(c) Their authority.
(d) Their beliefs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would guarantee the truth of something to a medieval man?

2. Which of these was the model also centered around?

3. What does Somnious Scipionus mean?

4. How did Scipio Minor plan to meet the gods?

5. What did Aristotle's writings not interfere with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the doctrine of the triad?

2. What does Lewis say the ideas of the medieval man look like at first glance?

3. What is the doctrine of plentitude?

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

5. What two philosophies did Apulieus bring to light?

6. How did Dionysius split up the different groups of angels?

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

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

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

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

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