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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which group raids Britain in the fifth century?
(a) Normans.
(b) Huns.
(c) Anglo-Saxons.
(d) Celts.

2. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?
(a) To become the emperor's proconsul.
(b) To tutor the emperor's son, Gratian.
(c) To tutor the emperor's son, Augustine.
(d) To tutor the emperor.

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

4. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?
(a) 20,000 children, not counting men and women.
(b) 20,000 men, women, and children.
(c) 20,000 men, not counting women and children.
(d) 20,000 women, not counting men and children.

5. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?
(a) Sailors.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Warriors.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?

2. What nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

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

4. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?

5. What is the modern-day name of the country from which the barbarians that attacked and eventually conquered Rome came?

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