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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?
(a) December 4, 316 C.E.
(b) December 31, 406 B.C.
(c) December 4, 316 B.C.
(d) December 31, 406 C.E.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was fifth-century Rome considered?

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

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

4. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.

5. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?

(see the answer key)

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