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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?
(a) The Volga and the Thames.
(b) The Danube and the Volga.
(c) The Rhine and the Danube.
(d) The Volga and the Rhine.

3. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?
(a) December 4, 316 C.E.
(b) December 4, 316 B.C.
(c) December 31, 406 C.E.
(d) December 31, 406 B.C.

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

5. What is the setting of Tain Bo Cuailnge?
(a) Florence, Italy.
(b) Cooley, Ireland.
(c) Rathcroghan, Ireland.
(d) Rome, Italy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?

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

(see the answer key)

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