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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Patrick find the Irish displaying in their temples, on their palisades, and even hanging on their belts?
(a) The heads of sea creatures.
(b) The heads of birds.
(c) The heads of their livestock.
(d) The heads of their enemies.

2. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Nero.
(c) Valentinian II.
(d) Augustine.

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

4. What was fifth-century Rome considered?
(a) The most modern society in the known world.
(b) A representative republic.
(c) The world's only superpower.
(d) A third-world country.

5. In Tain Bo Cuailnge, why does Queen Medb's bull defect to King Ailil?
(a) It doesn't want to be slaughtered.
(b) It refuses to be led by a man.
(c) It refuses to be led by a woman.
(d) Its mate is owned by King Ailil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first emperor to blend Roman citizenship and church membership?

2. What is the Irish approach to marriage and sex considered?

3. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.

4. What did Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man all have in common?

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

(see the answer key)

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