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

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

3. One well-known Green Martyr was:
(a) St. Jerome.
(b) Kevin of Glendalough.
(c) Venerable Bede.
(d) Cicero.

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

5. In what year is Rome overtaken?
(a) 476 B.C.E.
(b) 410 C.E.
(c) 410 B.C.E.
(d) 476 C.E.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Celtic corpses such as Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man examples of?

2. Who was the first emperor to blend Roman citizenship and church membership?

3. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?

4. What are the last surviving Celtic living languages today?

5. Ireland is the only place that Christianity is introduced without:

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