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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?
(a) History.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Latin.
(d) Logic.

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

3. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Alaric.
(c) Attila.
(d) Genghis Khan.

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

5. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"
(a) Albino chimpanzees.
(b) Germans.
(c) Irish.
(d) People of mixed race.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After Rome is conquered, which Italian city temporarily became the capital?

3. Who wrote of "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?

4. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?

5. Who was Charles Kingsley?

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