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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was fifth-century Rome considered?
(a) A representative republic.
(b) The most modern society in the known world.
(c) A third-world country.
(d) The world's only superpower.

3. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.
(a) Gauls.
(b) Irish.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Romans.

4. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.
(a) Angrily.
(b) Cynically.
(c) In hindsight.
(d) Correctly.

5. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Valentinian II.
(c) Nero.
(d) Brutus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?

3. What is reported to be alive in American universities?

4. What category of people is this book about?

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

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