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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?
(a) Industrial Age.
(b) Iron Age.
(c) Stone Age.
(d) Space Age.

2. What type of evidence backs the Irish foundation myth?
(a) Archaeological.
(b) None.
(c) Geological.
(d) Historical.

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

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

5. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."
(a) Disparagement.
(b) Favoritism.
(c) Judging.
(d) Prejudice.

Short Answer Questions

1. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.

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

3. What category of people is this book about?

4. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?

5. Why does the deal between Queen Medb and the bull's owner fall through?

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