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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are annually renewable in Ireland on Feb. 1, the feast of Imbolc, as late as the twelfth century?
(a) Employment contracts.
(b) Mortgages.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Friendships.

3. In the war that results from the collapse of the deal between Queen Medb and the owner of the bull, what is the name of Daire's champion?
(a) Brian Boru.
(b) Cuchulainn.
(c) Seamus.
(d) Patrick.

4. What is NOT changed in Ireland as a result of Patrick's influence as a bishop?
(a) Intertribal warfare.
(b) Loose sexual mores.
(c) Slave trade.
(d) Murder.

5. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Working.
(c) Leisure.
(d) Ruling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"

2. What did Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man all have in common?

3. What is NOT true about the great Irish prayer known both as "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" and as "The Deer's Cry"?

4. What are two artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity?

5. Without Ireland, neither __________ nor ____________ would have occurred.

(see the answer key)

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