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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position is Ausonius given in the year 375 A.D.?
(a) Co-regent.
(b) Chief of Staff.
(c) Prelate.
(d) Proconsul.

2. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?
(a) Ghana.
(b) South Africa.
(c) North Africa.
(d) Zimbabwe.

3. What did the autopsy done on Lindow Man find that his last meal consisted of?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Lamb.
(c) Blackened cod.
(d) Blackened hearthcake.

4. Which of the artifacts was intended for the Catholic sacrifice of the Eucharist (i.e., Communion)?
(a) St. Patrick's Breastplate.
(b) The Ardagh Chalice.
(c) The Gundestrup Cauldron.
(d) Borremose Man.

5. According to Ireland's foundation myth, the sons of Mil reached Ireland from Spain and took Ireland from the "People of the Goddess _________."
(a) Anu.
(b) Dierdre.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Danu.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tain Bo Cuailnge mean in English?

2. What year C.E. is believed to be that of Patrick's death?

3. What does Patrick find the Irish displaying in their temples, on their palisades, and even hanging on their belts?

4. What was fifth-century Rome considered?

5. What do the pagan Irish gods eat?

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