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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the last surviving Celtic living languages today?
(a) Cornish and Welsh.
(b) Turkish and French.
(c) Welsh and Gaelic.
(d) Irish and Scots Gaelic.

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

3. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?
(a) Through dance.
(b) Through the written word.
(c) Through religion.
(d) Through oral tradition.

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

5. What is NOT true about the great Irish prayer known both as "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" and as "The Deer's Cry"?
(a) It was written in the seventh or eighth century.
(b) The prayer summons God's power against all forms of evil.
(c) It was written by Patrick himself.
(d) The speaker in the prayer is most likely a druid who has converted to Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how many years is Patrick a missionary in Ireland?

2. The Irish believe that "the one thing the devil cannot bear is _____________."

3. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

4. Who is the first person in history to speak out against slavery unequivocally?

5. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?

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