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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII: The Earth and Her Inhabitants.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the medieval spirits become in Christian writing?
(a) Priests.
(b) Angels.
(c) Saints.
(d) Ghosts.

2. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?
(a) Nature.
(b) The orbit of the moon.
(c) God's perfection.
(d) The presentation of the earth.

3. What did the medieval people call the fifth element?
(a) Filther.
(b) Aether.
(c) Grinther.
(d) Walther.

4. What does Lewis say the medieval world imposed on objects?
(a) Properties.
(b) Desires.
(c) Restrictions.
(d) Obedience.

5. What was Amyclas's occupation?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Preacher.
(d) Farmer.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did nature differ from the sky?

2. What is an Antipode?

3. How did Scipio Minor plan to meet the gods?

4. What did medieval man think guided the celestial spheres?

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

(see the answer key)

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