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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thanks to the barbarian invasions, the spirit of _________________ as a living entity is irrevocably lost.
(a) The feudal system.
(b) The Roman pantheon.
(c) Classical civilization.
(d) Hellenistic culture.

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

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

4. Had Augustine read "Breastplate," he would doubtless--according to his beliefs--have sensed ______________.
(a) Heresy.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Kinship.
(d) Spirituality.

5. What book moves young Augustine to tears?
(a) Odyssey.
(b) Pahedrus.
(c) Aeneid.
(d) Iliad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task is Patricius pressed into doing by his new master?

2. What ends Ausonius' career?

3. Who wrote of "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?

4. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.

5. Which of the artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity was a pagan votary offering?

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