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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to Tain Bo Cuailnge, teaches Cuchulainn to fight?
(a) Three women.
(b) The goddess Danu herself.
(c) His father.
(d) Queen Medb.

2. What is reported to be alive in American universities?
(a) Nasty stereotypes against Protestants.
(b) The mystery meat.
(c) Nasty stereotypes against Catholics.
(d) Nasty stereotypes against the Irish.

3. These people loot Europe and burn books.
(a) Irish.
(b) English.
(c) Barbarians.
(d) Romans.

4. What two genres does Augustine of Hippo's memoir begin?
(a) Self-help and science fiction.
(b) Autobiography and psychological fiction.
(c) Autobiography and self-help.
(d) Biography and historical fiction.

5. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Its inner faults.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Its weak military.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What nationality was Disraeli?

3. What Psalm was Columcille in the middle of copying the night he died?

4. What year C.E. is believed to be that of Patrick's death?

5. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?

(see the answer key)

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