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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 writers think the world around them was a reflection of?
(a) The goodness of God.
(b) The worlds of the dead.
(c) The sins and cruelty of man.
(d) The heavens.

2. Who did medieval man think led the rebellion of fallen angels?
(a) The prime mover.
(b) Satan.
(c) Hades.
(d) The first man.

3. How many kinds of souls did medieval man think there were?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

4. Why did some longaevi not want to be seen by people?
(a) They were evil.
(b) They were prejudiced.
(c) They were shy.
(d) They were weak.

5. What was said to govern the chance events that happened on earth?
(a) Chance.
(b) Luck.
(c) All of these.
(d) Fortune.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did renaissance writers sometimes make great stretches to include in their work?

2. What does Lewis say can help people better understand the renaissance style of writing?

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

4. What did medieval psychology deal with?

5. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which did the medieval scholars decide were created first, the soul or the body?

2. How did medieval man explain insanity?

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

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

5. What does Lewis say the modern reader can do to better understand the medieval style of literature?

6. How did medieval theologians view the Fall?

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

8. How did medieval scholars say the different kinds of souls said to be created?

9. How did the lower spheres move according to medieval scholars, and why?

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

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