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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"
(a) Tax collectors.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Professors.
(d) Soldiers.

2. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?
(a) Medieval England.
(b) Prehistoric Rome.
(c) Renaissance Europe.
(d) Victorian England.

3. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."
(a) Judging.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Disparagement.
(d) Favoritism.

4. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?
(a) How The Irish Saved Civilization.
(b) The City of God.
(c) Confessions.
(d) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.

5. Who was Charles Kingsley?
(a) A professor.
(b) A politician.
(c) A historian.
(d) An evangelist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?

2. Which prophecy refers to the Roman Empire's total lifespan?

3. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?

4. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?

5. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?

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