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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. What did Lewis say was most notable about renaissance literature?
(a) Their experience.
(b) Their theories.
(c) Their confidence.
(d) Their knowledge.

2. How is modern writing different from medieval writing?
(a) We are more involved in the plot.
(b) We read about real people.
(c) We want more description.
(d) We don't like fantasy as much.

3. What does Lewis say can help people better understand the renaissance style of writing?
(a) All of these.
(b) Comparing the literture to other genres.
(c) Knowing about medieval culture.
(d) Reading more literature.

4. What was a flawed art in the Middle Ages?
(a) Pressing.
(b) Cartography.
(c) Caligraphy.
(d) Printing.

5. Why did some medieval writers not feel the need to use skillful writing?
(a) They wanted to appeal to the masses.
(b) They assumed the reader knew about it.
(c) They didn't want to offend readers.
(d) They had faith in their subject.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the prime mover trying to imitate?

3. What did medieval men use to predict things?

4. Who did medieval man think led the rebellion of fallen angels?

5. What does Lewis say medieval literature has a fixation on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lewis say one of the most notable features of renaissance literature is?

2. What did medieval scholars think were the two parts of the rational soul, and how do they work?

3. What are some of the things that planets caused men to do according to astrology?

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

5. What was the fifth element, and where did it exist?

6. What does Lewis say the modern reader can do to better understand the medieval style of literature?

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

8. How did Lewis say modern and medieval writers differ in terms of humility?

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

10. How was common sense defined in medieval times?

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