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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?
(a) Attila.
(b) Genghis Khan.
(c) Alaric.
(d) Beowulf.

2. What happens to Augustine after he begins reading the Bible?
(a) He accepts baptism.
(b) He becomes pope.
(c) He regains his sanity.
(d) He is crucified.

3. In what year is Rome overtaken?
(a) 476 B.C.E.
(b) 410 B.C.E.
(c) 410 C.E.
(d) 476 C.E.

4. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?
(a) Manicheism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Hellenism.

5. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?
(a) Logic.
(b) History.
(c) Latin.
(d) Poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the effect of this battle on Cuchulainn, his helper, and his horse, according to the legend?

2. These people loot Europe and burn books.

3. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?

4. What practice that, in our society is illegal, exists and is considered acceptable in pre-Christian Ireland?

5. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?

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