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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

2. Who gave this report about American universities?
(a) Henry Grafton.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) John Henry Newman.
(d) Mark Twain.

3. Thanks to the barbarian invasions, the spirit of _________________ as a living entity is irrevocably lost.
(a) The feudal system.
(b) The Roman pantheon.
(c) Hellenistic culture.
(d) Classical civilization.

4. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Oxford.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Cambridge.

5. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?
(a) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.
(b) Celtic Catholics.
(c) Celtic Protestants.
(d) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?

2. What nationality was Disraeli?

3. What was fifth-century Rome considered?

4. The classic Christian doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity are first articulated by this person.

5. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

(see the answer key)

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