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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Mil's family poet?
(a) Amhairghin.
(b) Kevin of Glendalough.
(c) O'Heailigh.
(d) Cuchulainn.

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

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

4. Who burns John Scotus Eriugena's book, De Divisione Naturae?
(a) King Charlemagne.
(b) Pope Gregory I.
(c) King Charles the Bald.
(d) Pope Honorius III.

5. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?
(a) Working.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Ruling.
(d) Leisure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?

2. What is NOT one of the classic Irish virtues?

3. What was the Romans' reaction to Celtic warriors?

4. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."

5. Where is the monastery that Columcille founded located?

(see the answer key)

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