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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to sexual mores, Patrick had to confront the practice of human sacrifice. All _________ people sacrificed people.
(a) Celtic.
(b) Uneducated.
(c) Pagan.
(d) Stone Age.

2. What were Celtic corpses such as Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man examples of?
(a) Celtic prisoners of war.
(b) Celtic victims of the Romans.
(c) Celtic victims of the barbarians.
(d) Celtic sacrifice victims.

3. Which of the artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity was a pagan votary offering?
(a) Borremose Man.
(b) St. Patrick's Breastplate.
(c) The Gundestrup Cauldron.
(d) The Ardagh Chalice.

4. 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?
(a) Enemy.
(b) Taboo.
(c) Temptation.
(d) Danger.

5. For how many years is Patrick a missionary in Ireland?
(a) Thirty-three.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?

2. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?

3. How does Patrick convince the Irish to stop human sacrifices?

4. It is Patrick's hope that the Irish will at least accept the body as what?

5. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?

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