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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?
(a) Celtic Catholics.
(b) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.
(c) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.
(d) Celtic Protestants.

2. In the war that results from the collapse of the deal between Queen Medb and the owner of the bull, what is the name of Daire's champion?
(a) Cuchulainn.
(b) Brian Boru.
(c) Patrick.
(d) Seamus.

3. What vitally important Irish virtue is NOT named on the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King's" tombstone?
(a) Generosity.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Handsomeness.

4. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
(a) Uneducated Americans.
(b) Uneducated Englishmen.
(c) Educated Americans.
(d) Educated Englishmen.

5. What nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?
(a) German.
(b) Roman.
(c) Briton.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What category of people is this book about?

2. What language does Patricius speak at home?

3. What is NOT true about the great Irish prayer known both as "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" and as "The Deer's Cry"?

4. Who invades Ireland near the end of the seventh century?

5. What heresy do many readers see in John Scotus Eriugena's works?

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