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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III: Selected Materials: The Classical Period.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lewis, how did medieval man come to start those things he calls obsolete?
(a) Scientifically.
(b) Imaginatively.
(c) Randomly.
(d) Naturally.

2. Who was Amyclas NOT intimidated by?
(a) His wife.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Cicero.
(d) His god.

3. Why was it harder for pagans to write about nature?
(a) It was hard to define.
(b) It was not based on religion.
(c) It was not important.
(d) It was all encompassing.

4. What is the earliest date of a contributor to the model?
(a) 50 BC.
(b) 0 AD.
(c) 0 BC.
(d) 50 AD.

5. How did Lewis describe the debate of nominalism?
(a) Historic.
(b) Heated.
(c) Important.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who worked the hardest at reconciling things in medieval times?

2. Where did the souls of the just go according to medieval beliefs?

3. How does Lewis feel about the popular beliefs about medieval man?

4. How many sources contributed to the model?

5. What does Lewis say separates the medieval man from savages?

(see the answer key)

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