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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 else is the model a reflection of?

2. Where is Scipio Minor taken in Somnious Scipionis?

3. What did Macrobius usually write about?

4. What other element of medieval times were effected by the model?

5. What is the story about Cato and Marcia an allegory for?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Macrobius come to the aid of Cicero and Plato when the benefits of fiction were questioned?

2. What does the story of Cato and Marcia provide in literature?

3. What is the doctrine of the triad?

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

5. What is the doctrine of plentitude?

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

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

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

9. What did medieval men give a lot of authority and credence to?

10. Who was Amyclas, and how was he important in literature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the medieval thought on philosophy, and how does it differ from the modern ideas of philosophy?

Essay Topic 2

How did Lewis stay balanced in his informational book about medieval literature, and how did this change the tone of the book?

Essay Topic 3

What was the significance of the title of the book, and what role did it play in the telling of this interesting history?

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