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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 led to the belief of unicorns?
(a) Strange images.
(b) False tales.
(c) Imitated pictures.
(d) Fairy tales.

2. What does Lewis say about the medieval beliefs in the things they worshiped?
(a) It was central to their lives.
(b) It was unproductive.
(c) There were no fixed beliefs.
(d) They were always changing.

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

4. What attribute does Lewis say medieval writers had that modern ones do not?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Humilty.
(c) Pride.
(d) Confidence.

5. Who used the prime mover for his own purposes according to medieval beliefs?
(a) God.
(b) The devil.
(c) The moon.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis say it is hard for some people to grasp about medieval beliefs?

2. What did medieval scholars have a crude knowledge of?

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

4. What was most important to Dickens in his writing?

5. What did Jupiter cause men to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to Longaevi not being widely spoken about?

2. What does Lewis say one of the most notable features of renaissance literature is?

3. How did medieval people think fallen angels formed?

4. How did the church feel about astrology?

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

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

7. How did medieval theologians view the Fall?

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

9. What did medieval scholars think were the two parts of the rational soul, and how do they work?

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

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