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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?
(a) Irish Professors.
(b) White Martyrs.
(c) Holy Rollers.
(d) Green Martyrs.

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

5. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Edward Gibbons.
(b) Emperor Valentinian.
(c) Petrarch.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What organization has its beginnings during the fall of the Roman empire?

2. What is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?

3. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?

4. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?

5. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."

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