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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Irish approach to marriage and sex considered?
(a) Improvisational.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Unconventional.
(d) Conventional.

2. Patrick is "as silent about sex as are the _________________."
(a) Dead.
(b) Gospels.
(c) Waves of the sea.
(d) Flowers of the field.

3. What is the only Celtic nation-state in the world?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ireland.

4. What practice that, in our society is illegal, exists and is considered acceptable in pre-Christian Ireland?
(a) Burglary.
(b) Slavery.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) Murder.

5. What are the names of the Irish war goddesses?
(a) Nemain and Badb.
(b) Danu and Medb.
(c) Ares and Mercury.
(d) Badb and Medb.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the pagan Irish gods eat?

2. What was the Romans' reaction to Celtic warriors?

3. What ends Ausonius' career?

4. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?

5. What is NOT one of the classic Irish virtues?

(see the answer key)

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