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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?
(a) Hippo.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Carthage.
(d) Lagos.

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

3. What is reported to be alive in American universities?
(a) The mystery meat.
(b) Nasty stereotypes against Protestants.
(c) Nasty stereotypes against the Irish.
(d) Nasty stereotypes against Catholics.

4. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, leisure is necessary for learning to ______________.
(a) Thrive.
(b) Work.
(c) Relax.
(d) Play.

5. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Evangelists.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Explorers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote of "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?

2. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.

3. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?

4. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.

5. Thanks to the barbarian invasions, the spirit of _________________ as a living entity is irrevocably lost.

(see the answer key)

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