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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?
(a) The City of God.
(b) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(c) Confessions.
(d) How The Irish Saved Civilization.

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

3. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Its inner faults.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Its weak military.
(d) Christianity.

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

5. What controls Irish society prior to its Christianization?
(a) Aristocracy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Monarchy.
(d) Anarchy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?

2. In the war that results from the collapse of the deal between Queen Medb and the owner of the bull, what is the name of Daire's champion?

3. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

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

5. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?

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