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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about medieval man does Lewis call obsolete?

2. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?

3. What was historically important for the Middle Ages?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of Chalcidius's parts of his Triad?

5. What separated nature from the sky?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lewis say the Christians view nature in their writing?

2. How did Lewis say the pagans view nature in their writing?

3. How did Lewis say the pagan and Christian views of spirits differ?

4. What does Lewis say it is important not to see the model as?

5. What is the doctrine of the triad?

6. How does Lewis say the medieval culture differs from most uncivilized cultures?

7. How did medieval writers feel about Dionysius's work, and why is this so ironic?

8. How were people unaware of the model affected by it still?

9. What is the doctrine of plentitude?

10. What did most medieval writers spend a great deal of their time doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did medieval writers differ from modern writers, and what impact does this have on the two styles of literature?

Essay Topic 2

What is the doctrine of the triad, and what are some of the places this doctrine fit in to medieval society and history?

Essay Topic 3

How were science and religion connected in medieval times, and how does this differ from our current society?

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