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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 did some medieval writers not feel the need to use skillful writing?
(a) They assumed the reader knew about it.
(b) They didn't want to offend readers.
(c) They had faith in their subject.
(d) They wanted to appeal to the masses.

2. What is it important to remember that the prime mover is NOT?
(a) God.
(b) Mortal.
(c) An angel.
(d) A man.

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

4. What does Lewis say the medieval world imposed on objects?
(a) Restrictions.
(b) Obedience.
(c) Desires.
(d) Properties.

5. What did some great medieval writers sometimes make lists of in the middle of their books?
(a) Plants.
(b) People.
(c) Beasts.
(d) Stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do modern people call the things medieval men worshiped?

2. What did medieval man say were neither good nor bad?

3. Who did those who called the longaevi a fallen class think they were?

4. Where did medieval man think God dwelled?

5. What did geographers try to find the location of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did some medieval writers sometimes stretch themselves and their writing to include?

2. How did the church feel about astrology?

3. What does Lewis say was the most important thing to remember about medieval belief in mythological creatures?

4. What are some of the things that planets caused men to do according to astrology?

5. How did the prime mover move, and why?

6. What is obvious about the medieval belief in mythological creatures?

7. How did Lewis say Chaucer prefer to invent his stories and why?

8. What does Lewis say it is hard to determine about the belief in mythological creatures?

9. How did medieval man explain insanity?

10. What was the fifth element, and where did it exist?

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