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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Patrick convince the Irish to stop human sacrifices?
2. One thing that all heroes in ancient Irish literature have in common is that they fall prey to some "geis." What does the word "geis" mean in English?
3. What was Brigid before she is consecrated as a bishop?
4. The night before he is ordained as a deacon, what does Patricius confide to a friend and receive forgiveness for?
5. What year C.E. is believed to be that of Patrick's death?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where were the "spirals, zigzags, and lozenges" that decorated the Irish monks' books first used?
2. What were the "White Martyrs?"
3. In addition to the spiritual welfare of the Irish, what does Patrick worry about?
4. As the White Martyrs establish monasteries across Europe, what situation do they repeatedly encounter and from where does the solution come?
5. What happens when war goddesses Nemain and Badb appear in warriors' dreams to tell them what will happen in battle the following day?
6. How are the Irish gods and goddesses are described?
7. Although the Irish saw nothing positive in the Viking occupation, what did they in fact establish?
8. What effect do the decisions made at the Synod of Whitby have on the Irish understanding of the relationship between themselves and Rome?
9. What are Patrick's and Augustine's opinions of each other? Why?
10. How did Saxons understand the world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Demonstrate and explain, using the text to support your statements, how Patrick invoked the elements to his aid as the hand of a well-meaning God.
Essay Topic 2
Using examples from the text, compare and contrast Plato's and Paul's views on the nature of the soul/the fight between flesh and spirit that so captured a young Augustine and eventually led to his conversion to Christianity.
Essay Topic 3
Describe and explain how Patrick used Christianity to convince the Irish to end their practice of human sacrifice. Support your statements with examples from the text.
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