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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 the Irish?
(a) Celtic Catholics.
(b) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.
(c) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.
(d) Celtic Protestants.

2. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?
(a) To tutor the emperor's son, Augustine.
(b) To tutor the emperor's son, Gratian.
(c) To become the emperor's proconsul.
(d) To tutor the emperor.

3. After Rome is conquered, which Italian city temporarily became the capital?
(a) Florence.
(b) Venice.
(c) Ravenna.
(d) Milan.

4. Who invades Ireland near the end of the seventh century?
(a) Normans.
(b) Elizabethans.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Saxons.

5. What Greek statue shows how Celtic warriors dressed for battle?
(a) Braveheart.
(b) Dying Celt.
(c) Cuchulainn the Mighty.
(d) Dying Gaul.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

2. In contrast to his youth, Augustine's post-conversion views on sex appear to be:

3. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.

4. At the time of his capture, what is the name of the young man enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

5. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.

(see the answer key)

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