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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 NOT true about the great Irish prayer known both as "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" and as "The Deer's Cry"?
(a) The speaker in the prayer is most likely a druid who has converted to Christianity.
(b) It was written by Patrick himself.
(c) The prayer summons God's power against all forms of evil.
(d) It was written in the seventh or eighth century.

2. What are the last surviving Celtic living languages today?
(a) Welsh and Gaelic.
(b) Irish and Scots Gaelic.
(c) Turkish and French.
(d) Cornish and Welsh.

3. What does Tain Bo Cuailnge mean in English?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(b) The City of God.
(c) The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
(d) How the Irish Saved Civilization.

4. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Its inner faults.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Its weak military.
(d) Paganism.

5. What did Christian monks teach the Irish about Mil?
(a) He is a descendant of Sheth and a survivor of the Flood.
(b) He is a descendant of Japheth and a survivor of the Flood.
(c) He is a descendant of Ham and a survivor of the Flood.
(d) He is a descendant of Noah and a survivor of the Flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Patricius go to study for ordination?

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

3. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?

4. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.

5. These people loot Europe and burn books.

(see the answer key)

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