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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Edward Gibbons.
(d) Emperor Valentinian.

2. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?
(a) Fifth C.E.
(b) Eleventh B.C.
(c) Eleventh C.E.
(d) Fifth B.C.

3. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Logic.
(c) History.
(d) Latin.

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

5. Without Ireland, neither __________ nor ____________ would have occurred.
(a) Renaissance; Enlightenment.
(b) Renaissance; Evolution.
(c) Enlightenment; Science.
(d) Evolution; Medicine.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?

4. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?

5. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

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