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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Socialism.

2. Whose intent was it to preach to all nations?
(a) The apostles'.
(b) The barbarians'.
(c) The pope's.
(d) Patrick's.

3. What nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?
(a) Briton.
(b) German.
(c) Roman.
(d) Irish.

4. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?
(a) Petrarch and Cicero.
(b) Robert Frost and Virgil.
(c) Homer and Virgil.
(d) Virgil and Cicero.

5. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Explorers.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Evangelists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Without Ireland, neither __________ nor ____________ would have occurred.

2. Which groups plunder Italy in the fifth century?

3. What about Columcille's monastery would not have met with the Pope's approval?

4. What was Columcille's name before he became a monk?

5. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?

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