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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.
(a) Plot.
(b) Setting.
(c) Outcome.
(d) Characters.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose student is Plato?

2. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?

3. What was fifth-century Rome considered?

4. What happens to Augustine after he begins reading the Bible?

5. What major theme concerning Augustine will be shown in later chapters to apply to Ireland as they themselves become Christian?

(see the answer key)

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