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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the pagan Irish gods eat?
(a) Fruits and vegetables.
(b) Insects.
(c) Fish.
(d) Human meat.

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

4. What do the Irish gods that Patrick does not eliminate become?
(a) Angels.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Gargoyles.
(d) Demons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far are the apostles Peter and Thomas believed to have gone in their missionary journeys?

2. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?

3. What did the autopsy done on Lindow Man find that his last meal consisted of?

4. Thanks to the barbarian invasions, the spirit of _________________ as a living entity is irrevocably lost.

5. What makes Patrick angry when it takes place?

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