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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Democracy.

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

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

4. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

5. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?
(a) To tutor the emperor.
(b) To tutor the emperor's son, Augustine.
(c) To tutor the emperor's son, Gratian.
(d) To become the emperor's proconsul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?

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

3. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?

4. Without Ireland, neither __________ nor ____________ would have occurred.

5. These people loot Europe and burn books.

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