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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was nominalism opposed to?

2. What did Scipio Minor say is insignificant while he is in the sky?

3. What was historically important for the Middle Ages?

4. Where did Somnious Scipionis appear?

5. Why was it harder for pagans to write about nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the doctrine of plentitude?

2. What was Boethius's most important work, and what was it about?

3. What did medieval men give a lot of authority and credence to?

4. What does Lewis say the model is a reflection of?

5. What is the doctrine of the triad?

6. How were people unaware of the model affected by it still?

7. What did the model serve as a backdrop for?

8. What does Lewis say the ideas of the medieval man look like at first glance?

9. How did Lewis say the pagan and Christian views of spirits differ?

10. What did most medieval writers spend a great deal of their time doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the medieval thought on philosophy, and how does it differ from the modern ideas of philosophy?

Essay Topic 2

Books held a very high priority in medieval culture. How did this love for books come about, and what are some of the affects of this on the medieval culture?

Essay Topic 3

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and what parts of medieval culture were most affected by this?

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