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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 kind of person would not have heard of the model?

2. Which of the following was a medieval writer?

3. Which of these is the model a collection of?

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

5. Why is it hard to determine what Chalcidius's religion was?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Macrobius clean up Somnium Scipius?

3. What is the model?

4. What does Lewis say it is important not to see the model as?

5. Where does Lewis say the popular ideas about medieval men come from?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which parts of the medieval culture are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

What are the seven arts of education, and what role did they play in medieval society?

Essay Topic 3

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

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