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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?
(a) The Rhine and the Danube.
(b) The Danube and the Volga.
(c) The Volga and the Rhine.
(d) The Volga and the Thames.

2. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Evangelists.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Explorers.
(d) Teachers.

3. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Warriors.
(d) Sailors.

4. In what year does the last Western emperor die?
(a) 476 B.C.E.
(b) 476 C.E.
(c) 410 B.C.E.
(d) 410 C.E.

5. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?
(a) North Africa.
(b) Ghana.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Zimbabwe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

2. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

3. Which groups plunder Italy in the fifth century?

4. What ends Ausonius' career?

5. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?

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