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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?
(a) Through the written word.
(b) Through dance.
(c) Through religion.
(d) Through oral tradition.

2. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?
(a) Industrial Age.
(b) Iron Age.
(c) Stone Age.
(d) Space Age.

3. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.
(a) In hindsight.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Cynically.
(d) Correctly.

4. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?
(a) History.
(b) Latin.
(c) Logic.
(d) Poetry.

5. In what year does the last Western emperor die?
(a) 410 C.E.
(b) 476 C.E.
(c) 476 B.C.E.
(d) 410 B.C.E.

6. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Edward Gibbons.
(c) Emperor Valentinian.
(d) Petrarch.

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

8. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?
(a) 20,000 children, not counting men and women.
(b) 20,000 men, women, and children.
(c) 20,000 women, not counting men and children.
(d) 20,000 men, not counting women and children.

9. According to Ireland's foundation myth, the sons of Mil reached Ireland from Spain and took Ireland from the "People of the Goddess _________."
(a) Anu.
(b) Dierdre.
(c) Siobhan.
(d) Danu.

10. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"
(a) Slaves.
(b) Professors.
(c) Tax collectors.
(d) Soldiers.

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

12. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?
(a) Holy Rollers.
(b) White Martyrs.
(c) Irish Professors.
(d) Green Martyrs.

13. What controls Irish society prior to its Christianization?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Monarchy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Democracy.

14. What does Tain Bo Cuailnge mean in English?
(a) The City of God.
(b) How the Irish Saved Civilization.
(c) The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
(d) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.

15. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, leisure is necessary for learning to ______________.
(a) Work.
(b) Play.
(c) Thrive.
(d) Relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice that, in our society is illegal, exists and is considered acceptable in pre-Christian Ireland?

2. Who was Charles Kingsley?

3. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?

4. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?

5. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?

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