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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 did geographers try to find the location of?

2. Where do the creatures medieval man worshiped now appear in modern times?

3. What did medieval men like reading about the most?

4. Why did some longaevi not want to be seen by people?

5. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did medieval theologians view the Fall?

8. How did the church feel about astrology?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the seven arts of education, and what role did they play in medieval society?

Essay Topic 2

What was the main moral of Amyclas the Farmer, and how did this story impact medieval literature?

Essay Topic 3

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

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