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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
(a) Educated Englishmen.
(b) Uneducated Englishmen.
(c) Uneducated Americans.
(d) Educated Americans.

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

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

4. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?
(a) Celtic Protestants.
(b) Celtic Catholics.
(c) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.
(d) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Disraeli?

2. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?

3. With whom does the author hint he sides?

4. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."

5. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.

(see the answer key)

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