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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) Balkans.
(c) Urals.
(d) Alps.

2. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?
(a) Consul.
(b) Governor.
(c) Prelate.
(d) Satrap.

3. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Charles Dickens.
(c) Albert Payson Terhune.
(d) Thomas Cahill.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.

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

4. What nationality was Disraeli?

5. Who was Charles Kingsley?

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