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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII: The Influence of the Model.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mars cause men to do?
(a) Overcome illness.
(b) Speak with boldness.
(c) Go to war.
(d) Fall in love.

3. Where would one find the fifth element?
(a) At the equator.
(b) Outside the orbit of the moon.
(c) Beyond the sky.
(d) Underneath the earth.

4. What attribute does Lewis say medieval writers had that modern ones do not?
(a) Contentment.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Pride.
(d) Humilty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lewis say about the medieval beliefs in the things they worshiped?

2. What doctrine helped some men understand the longaevi?

3. What did the term "the end of the earth" mean to medieval people?

4. What did Aristotle's writings not interfere with?

5. How did nature differ from the sky?

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