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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Explorers.
(c) Evangelists.
(d) Teachers.

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

5. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?
(a) Fifth C.E.
(b) Eleventh C.E.
(c) Eleventh B.C.
(d) Fifth B.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?

2. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?

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

4. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

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

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