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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the unusual form of apology mentioned in Chapter 4 that is requested by the sailors of Patricius?
(a) Cutting a person's hair.
(b) Kissing a person's feet.
(c) Clipping a person's toenails.
(d) Sucking a person's nipples.

2. What is NOT changed in Ireland as a result of Patrick's influence as a bishop?
(a) Intertribal warfare.
(b) Murder.
(c) Loose sexual mores.
(d) Slave trade.

3. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?
(a) The English.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The Irish.
(d) The barbarians.

4. What two genres does Augustine of Hippo's memoir begin?
(a) Autobiography and psychological fiction.
(b) Biography and historical fiction.
(c) Autobiography and self-help.
(d) Self-help and science fiction.

5. What was the effect of this battle on Cuchulainn, his helper, and his horse, according to the legend?
(a) All three were unscratched and unstained.
(b) Cuchulainn's helper died, but he and his horse recovered from their wounds.
(c) All three were severely wounded, but recovered.
(d) All three were lightly wounded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?

2. What effect does slavery have on Patricius' faith?

3. What happens to Augustine when, after reading the works of Saul of Tarsus, he realized that Plato's views on truth were wrong?

4. What is reported to be alive in American universities?

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

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