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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Augustine to start reading the Bible?
(a) A post-resurrection appearance to Augustine by Jesus Himself.
(b) A vision of Christ crucified.
(c) A child's voice chanting, "take, read."
(d) His study of Paul's writings.

2. When Augustine founds his semi-monastic community in Milan, what is its goal?
(a) Educating the barbarians.
(b) Attaining truth through Plato and his commentators.
(c) Restoring the Roman empire.
(d) Attaining world peace.

3. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?
(a) Through dance.
(b) Through the written word.
(c) Through religion.
(d) Through oral tradition.

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

5. What was Columcille's name before he became a monk?
(a) Ogham.
(b) Crimthann.
(c) Diarmait.
(d) Finian.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far are the apostles Peter and Thomas believed to have gone in their missionary journeys?

2. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?

3. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, why do British Christians not even consider Irish Christians human beings?

4. What two genres does Augustine of Hippo's memoir begin?

5. To which ethnic grouping do the Irish belong?

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