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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did medieval man think caused men to rebel against God?
(a) Their inner beings.
(b) Fallen angels.
(c) longaevi.
(d) Satan.

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

3. Where do the creatures medieval man worshiped now appear in modern times?
(a) Scriptures.
(b) Folk tales.
(c) Children's books.
(d) Songs.

4. What does Lewis say medieval literature has a fixation on?
(a) Letters.
(b) Details.
(c) Lists.
(d) Description.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these was NOT one of the kinds of souls believed in by medieval man?

2. What made people talk less about the longaevi?

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

4. What kind of writing did medieval writers enjoy that modern writers do not?

5. What did the thought of demonic spirits lead the Longeavi to being?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the lower spheres move according to medieval scholars, and why?

2. What does Lewis say it is hard to determine about the belief in mythological creatures?

3. How did Lewis say Chaucer prefer to invent his stories and why?

4. What is obvious about the medieval belief in mythological creatures?

5. How did the prime mover move, and why?

6. What did Lewis say medieval man was enamored with, and how did this change their literature?

7. How was common sense defined in medieval times?

8. How did medieval theologians view the Fall?

9. How did medieval man explain insanity?

10. What is the first thought some writers had about the nature of Longaevi?

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