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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what year is Rome overtaken?
(a) 410 B.C.E.
(b) 410 C.E.
(c) 476 B.C.E.
(d) 476 C.E.

4. What two genres does Augustine of Hippo's memoir begin?
(a) Autobiography and self-help.
(b) Autobiography and psychological fiction.
(c) Self-help and science fiction.
(d) Biography and historical fiction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which group raids Britain in the fifth century?

2. These people loot Europe and burn books.

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

4. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

5. Without Ireland, neither __________ nor ____________ would have occurred.

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