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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. How did Chaucer like to find his writing material?

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

3. What does Lewis say medieval literature has a fixation on?

4. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?

5. What did medieval men think each planet had?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did medieval people think fallen angels formed?

3. How did the church feel about astrology?

4. How did medieval theologians view the Fall?

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

6. What was the fifth element, and where did it exist?

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

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

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

10. What is the first thought some writers had about the nature of Longaevi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How did astrology affect the medieval culture, and what was the church's stance on this belief?

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