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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"
(a) Slaves.
(b) Professors.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Tax collectors.

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

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

4. Who gave this report about American universities?
(a) John Henry Newman.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Henry Grafton.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

5. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?
(a) The Danube and the Volga.
(b) The Volga and the Rhine.
(c) The Rhine and the Danube.
(d) The Volga and the Thames.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?

3. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?

4. What category of people is this book about?

5. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?

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