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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the monastery that Columcille founded located?
(a) Iona.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Connaught.
(d) Cork.

2. What book moves young Augustine to tears?
(a) Odyssey.
(b) Aeneid.
(c) Iliad.
(d) Pahedrus.

3. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Manicheism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Hellenism.

4. When Augustine founds his semi-monastic community in Milan, what is its goal?
(a) Educating the barbarians.
(b) Attaining truth through Plato and his commentators.
(c) Attaining world peace.
(d) Restoring the Roman empire.

5. What type of evidence backs the Irish foundation myth?
(a) None.
(b) Archaeological.
(c) Historical.
(d) Geological.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

2. What publication format replaced the scroll?

3. Why is Ireland the only place from which the European missionaries can get books?

4. The night before he is ordained as a deacon, what does Patricius confide to a friend and receive forgiveness for?

5. Who gave this report about American universities?

(see the answer key)

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