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

2. What did some people say the longaevi inhabited?
(a) Thoughts and ideas.
(b) Planets.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Natural elements.

3. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?
(a) Caligraphy.
(b) Pressing.
(c) Printing.
(d) Cartography.

4. Who did medieval man think caused men to rebel against God?
(a) longaevi.
(b) Satan.
(c) Fallen angels.
(d) Their inner beings.

5. What does Lewis say it is hard for some people to grasp about medieval beliefs?
(a) They were unable to see the truth of matters.
(b) They were ahead of their times.
(c) They believed in fanciful creatures.
(d) They had such easily disproved ideas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the thought of demonic spirits lead the Longeavi to being?

3. What does "longaevi" mean?

4. How did Chaucer like to find his writing material?

5. Which philosopher believed souls to be eternal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did medieval people think fallen angels formed?

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

7. What did Lewis say medieval man was enamored with, and how did this change their literature?

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

9. How did the church feel about astrology?

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

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