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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?
(a) The Volga and the Thames.
(b) The Danube and the Volga.
(c) The Rhine and the Danube.
(d) The Volga and the Rhine.

4. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?
(a) Aesop.
(b) John Henry Newman.
(c) The Brothers Grimm.
(d) Hans Christian Andersen.

5. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Its weak military.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Its inner faults.
(d) Paganism.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?

4. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?

5. With whom does the author hint he sides?

(see the answer key)

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