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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only Celtic nation-state in the world?
(a) Scotland.
(b) England.
(c) Wales.
(d) Ireland.

2. How many people was Cuchulainn able to reportedly kill in three passes during one battle?
(a) As many as the sands on the shore.
(b) Innumerable; but it is known that the dead were six deep in a vast circle.
(c) Innumerable kings and 130 rabble.
(d) 130 kings and innumerable rabble.

3. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?
(a) The God of Rome.
(b) The God of Ireland.
(c) The God of the Three Faces.
(d) The God of Patrick.

4. Who wrote of "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Benjamin Disraeli.
(c) Anthony Grafton.
(d) Thomas Cahill.

5. What is the setting of Tain Bo Cuailnge?
(a) Cooley, Ireland.
(b) Rome, Italy.
(c) Florence, Italy.
(d) Rathcroghan, Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. Had Augustine read "Breastplate," he would doubtless--according to his beliefs--have sensed ______________.

2. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?

3. What Greek statue shows how Celtic warriors dressed for battle?

4. Where is the monastery that Columcille founded located?

5. According to Ireland's foundation myth, the sons of Mil reached Ireland from Spain and took Ireland from the "People of the Goddess _________."

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