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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?
(a) Two.
(b) Seventy.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Twelve.

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

3. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?
(a) The barbarians.
(b) The Romans.
(c) The English.
(d) The Irish.

4. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?
(a) Urals.
(b) Caucasus.
(c) Alps.
(d) Balkans.

5. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"
(a) Irish.
(b) Germans.
(c) People of mixed race.
(d) Albino chimpanzees.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

2. What ends Ausonius' career?

3. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?

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

5. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?

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