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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?
(a) Governor.
(b) Prelate.
(c) Satrap.
(d) Consul.

2. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?
(a) 20,000 women, not counting men and children.
(b) 20,000 men, not counting women and children.
(c) 20,000 men, women, and children.
(d) 20,000 children, not counting men and women.

3. What is the Irish approach to marriage and sex considered?
(a) Conventional.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Improvisational.
(d) Unconventional.

4. In contrast to his youth, Augustine's post-conversion views on sex appear to be:
(a) Unchanged.
(b) The same as Patrick's.
(c) Stricter.
(d) Looser.

5. What were Celtic corpses such as Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man examples of?
(a) Celtic sacrifice victims.
(b) Celtic victims of the Romans.
(c) Celtic victims of the barbarians.
(d) Celtic prisoners of war.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

2. What does Patrick find the Irish displaying in their temples, on their palisades, and even hanging on their belts?

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

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

5. What is the only Celtic nation-state in the world?

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