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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of evidence backs the Irish foundation myth?
(a) Archaeological.
(b) Geological.
(c) Historical.
(d) None.

2. What happens to Augustine when, after reading the works of Saul of Tarsus, he realized that Plato's views on truth were wrong?
(a) He went out of business.
(b) He died.
(c) He joined the barbarians.
(d) He suffered a nervous breakdown.

3. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"
(a) Tax collectors.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Professors.
(d) Soldiers.

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

5. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
(a) Educated Englishmen.
(b) Educated Americans.
(c) Uneducated Americans.
(d) Uneducated Englishmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?

2. Who was Charles Kingsley?

3. What are the last surviving Celtic living languages today?

4. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."

5. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.

(see the answer key)

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