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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 did medieval man think the universe was a series of?
(a) Repetitions.
(b) Concentric spheres.
(c) Patterns and ideas.
(d) Matter.

2. How did Chaucer like to find his writing material?
(a) By imagining new people and places.
(b) By writing about real people.
(c) By adapting and adding on to former works.
(d) By creating a poetic image.

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

4. Which soul was created by God?
(a) Rational.
(b) Vegetative.
(c) Sensitive.
(d) Conscious.

5. What did medieval men think each planet had?
(a) Their own populations.
(b) Their own form of time.
(c) Their own god.
(d) Their own personality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the medieval people call the fifth element?

2. What did medieval men think only a wise man could do?

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

4. Why did some medieval writers not feel the need to use skillful writing?

5. What did Mars cause men to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Lewis say modern and medieval writers differ in terms of humility?

4. How did medieval theologians view the Fall?

5. How did medieval man explain insanity?

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

7. How did medieval literature say the sensitive soul divided?

8. What is the first thought some writers had about the nature of Longaevi?

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

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

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