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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?
(a) Industrial Age.
(b) Stone Age.
(c) Space Age.
(d) Iron Age.

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

3. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.
(a) Correctly.
(b) In hindsight.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Cynically.

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

5. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Its weak military.
(c) Its inner faults.
(d) Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?

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

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

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

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

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