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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Emperor Valentinian.
(b) Petrarch.
(c) Edward Gibbons.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

2. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?
(a) Governor.
(b) Satrap.
(c) Prelate.
(d) Consul.

3. What position is Ausonius given in the year 375 A.D.?
(a) Chief of Staff.
(b) Prelate.
(c) Co-regent.
(d) Proconsul.

4. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?
(a) Virgil and Cicero.
(b) Homer and Virgil.
(c) Petrarch and Cicero.
(d) Robert Frost and Virgil.

5. Who was Charles Kingsley?
(a) A professor.
(b) An evangelist.
(c) A historian.
(d) A politician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?

2. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?

3. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"

4. These people loot Europe and burn books.

5. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?

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