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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
(a) Educated Englishmen.
(b) Educated Americans.
(c) Uneducated Englishmen.
(d) Uneducated Americans.

3. Who, according to Tain Bo Cuailnge, teaches Cuchulainn to fight?
(a) His father.
(b) Queen Medb.
(c) Three women.
(d) The goddess Danu herself.

4. In Tain Bo Cuailnge, why does Queen Medb's bull defect to King Ailil?
(a) Its mate is owned by King Ailil.
(b) It refuses to be led by a woman.
(c) It doesn't want to be slaughtered.
(d) It refuses to be led by a man.

5. What is the modern-day name of the country from which the barbarians that attacked and eventually conquered Rome came?
(a) Denmark.
(b) Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What vitally important Irish virtue is NOT named on the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King's" tombstone?

3. What is reported to be alive in American universities?

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

5. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

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