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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?
(a) Eleventh C.E.
(b) Eleventh B.C.
(c) Fifth C.E.
(d) Fifth B.C.

2. When Augustine founds his semi-monastic community in Milan, what is its goal?
(a) Restoring the Roman empire.
(b) Educating the barbarians.
(c) Attaining world peace.
(d) Attaining truth through Plato and his commentators.

3. What is the name of Mil's family poet?
(a) Cuchulainn.
(b) O'Heailigh.
(c) Amhairghin.
(d) Kevin of Glendalough.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Augustine when, after reading the works of Saul of Tarsus, he realized that Plato's views on truth were wrong?

2. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?

3. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?

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

5. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"

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