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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 vision of Christ crucified.
(b) His study of Paul's writings.
(c) A post-resurrection appearance to Augustine by Jesus Himself.
(d) A child's voice chanting, "take, read."

2. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?
(a) December 4, 316 C.E.
(b) December 4, 316 B.C.
(c) December 31, 406 B.C.
(d) December 31, 406 C.E.

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

4. What do the pagan Irish gods eat?
(a) Fruits and vegetables.
(b) Human meat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Insects.

5. Who proclaimed the Irish the only people who cannot be psychoanalyzed?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Alfred Adler.
(d) Dr. Phil.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Patricius speak at home?

2. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?

3. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."

4. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?

5. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?

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