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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Two.

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

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

4. Who was Charles Kingsley?
(a) A professor.
(b) An evangelist.
(c) A politician.
(d) A historian.

5. What is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?
(a) Book of Kells.
(b) Confessions.
(c) City of God.
(d) Aenid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Disraeli?

2. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?

3. When Augustine founds his semi-monastic community in Milan, what is its goal?

4. The classic Christian doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity are first articulated by this person.

5. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?

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