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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Cambridge.

3. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?
(a) The City of God.
(b) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(c) How The Irish Saved Civilization.
(d) Confessions.

4. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Albert Payson Terhune.
(c) Thomas Cahill.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. Who are the druids?
(a) Pagan Irish priests.
(b) Irish monks.
(c) Catholic Irish priests.
(d) Irish nuns.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?

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

3. Which prophecy refers to the Roman Empire's total lifespan?

4. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?

5. What did Christian monks teach the Irish about Mil?

(see the answer key)

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