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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?
(a) Nero.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Valentinian II.

2. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."
(a) Favoritism.
(b) Disparagement.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Judging.

3. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?
(a) Manicheism.
(b) Hellenism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Christianity.

4. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Harvard.

5. Whose student is Plato?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Homer.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prophecy refers to the Roman Empire's total lifespan?

2. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"

3. What position is Ausonius given in the year 375 A.D.?

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

5. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?

(see the answer key)

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