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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Emperor Valentinian.
(b) Petrarch.
(c) Charles Kingsley.
(d) Edward Gibbons.

2. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?
(a) The Irish.
(b) The barbarians.
(c) The English.
(d) The Romans.

3. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?
(a) Renaissance Europe.
(b) Medieval England.
(c) Prehistoric Rome.
(d) Victorian England.

4. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"
(a) People of mixed race.
(b) Irish.
(c) Albino chimpanzees.
(d) Germans.

5. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Albert Payson Terhune.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Thomas Cahill.

Short Answer Questions

1. What category of people is this book about?

2. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?

3. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?

4. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?

5. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?

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