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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made people talk less about the longaevi?
(a) The controversy surrounding them.
(b) Their sinister nature.
(c) Their lack of proof.
(d) Their loss of power.

2. Who taught medieval man how the heavens moved?
(a) Copernicus.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Plato.

3. What does Lewis say the modern world imposes on objects?
(a) Restrictions.
(b) Desires.
(c) Properties.
(d) Obedience.

4. What did medieval man think the universe was a series of?
(a) Repetitions.
(b) Patterns and ideas.
(c) Concentric spheres.
(d) Matter.

5. Where did the prime mover live?
(a) The equator.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The largest sphere.
(d) The moon.

6. What do modern people call the things medieval men worshiped?
(a) Idols.
(b) Mythological creatures.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Gods.

7. Where did medieval man think God dwelled?
(a) The moon.
(b) The equator.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The sky.

8. Why did some longaevi not want to be seen by people?
(a) They were evil.
(b) They were weak.
(c) They were shy.
(d) They were prejudiced.

9. What did the term "the end of the earth" mean to medieval people?
(a) The edge of the flat earth.
(b) The separation between the realm of gods and the realm of men.
(c) The edge of known geography.
(d) The separating space between earth and sky.

10. What was most important to Dickens in his writing?
(a) The setting.
(b) The subject.
(c) His writing.
(d) The message of his book.

11. Which of the following was NOT something worshiped in medieval times?
(a) Fairies.
(b) Elves.
(c) Wizards.
(d) Centaurs.

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

13. How did Christians feel about predicting things?
(a) They were amused by it, but gave it no credence.
(b) They feared it but admitted it worked.
(c) They condemned it, but admitted it worked.
(d) They condemned it and thought it was bogus.

14. What did medieval man say were neither good nor bad?
(a) Queens.
(b) Fairies.
(c) Gods.
(d) Wizards.

15. How was the third species of creation thought to be created in medieval times?
(a) Nature gone awry.
(b) Children of men and angels.
(c) Offspring of the gods.
(d) Ideas and dreams come to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What attribute does Lewis say medieval writers had that modern ones do not?

2. How many kinds of souls did medieval man think there were?

3. What did Lewis say was most notable about renaissance literature?

4. Who did those who called the longaevi a fallen class think they were?

5. What is thought to be at fault for people thinking medieval scholars had the wrong idea about the shape of the earth?

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