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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. Where is Scipio Minor taken in Somnious Scipionis?

2. What does Lewis say the medieval mind had a desire to do?

3. What is the model a reflection of?

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

5. How did Chalcidius feel about Apulieius's doctrines?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Macrobius clean up Somnium Scipius?

2. How did Dionysius split up the different groups of angels?

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

4. According to Lewis, who were the two most noteworthy medieval writers?

5. What were some of the most important debates in medieval times?

6. How did Lewis say the Christians view nature in their writing?

7. What did medieval men like to organize and systematize?

8. How did medieval writers feel about Dionysius's work, and why is this so ironic?

9. How did Macrobius come to the aid of Cicero and Plato when the benefits of fiction were questioned?

10. What does Lewis say the process is for most people when they make their opinion of medieval men and practices?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the sensitive spirit, and how is it divided? How did this idea affect the actions of medieval men?

Essay Topic 2

How were science and religion connected in medieval times, and how does this differ from our current society?

Essay Topic 3

How did astrology affect the medieval culture, and what was the church's stance on this belief?

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