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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?
(a) Space Age.
(b) Stone Age.
(c) Iron Age.
(d) Industrial Age.

2. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
(a) Uneducated Englishmen.
(b) Uneducated Americans.
(c) Educated Americans.
(d) Educated Englishmen.

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

4. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Explorers.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Evangelists.

5. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?
(a) 20,000 men, women, and children.
(b) 20,000 men, not counting women and children.
(c) 20,000 women, not counting men and children.
(d) 20,000 children, not counting men and women.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?

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

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

5. What is the modern-day name of the country from which the barbarians that attacked and eventually conquered Rome came?

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