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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II: Reservations.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did medieval man give a great amount of authority to?
(a) Books.
(b) The stars.
(c) Preachers.
(d) Nature.

2. What side of the medieval debate did Aristotle side with?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Nominalism.

3. What does Lewis say separates the medieval man from savages?
(a) Their religion.
(b) Their ideals.
(c) Their strict traditions.
(d) Their thirst for knowledge.

4. What about medieval man does Lewis call obsolete?
(a) Their beliefs.
(b) Their ideas.
(c) Their values.
(d) Their rituals.

5. How did Lewis describe the authority medieval men gave to the written word?
(a) Slavish.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Sacreligious.
(d) Peculiar.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lewis, which is NOT used by most people when thinking about medieval man?

2. What was the model a backdrop for?

3. What was realism opposed to?

4. What element of medieval times were effected by the model?

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

(see the answer key)

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