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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Queen Medb's messenger finds a replacement bull, what are the terms under which its owner agrees to lend it to her?
(a) His choice of one of Medb's own cows and Medb's own "friendly thighs."
(b) Financial profit and Medb's own "friendly thighs."
(c) Financial profit and his choice of one of Medb's own cows.
(d) His choice of one of Medb's own cows and her daughter's hand.

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

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

4. What was the effect of this battle on Cuchulainn, his helper, and his horse, according to the legend?
(a) All three were severely wounded, but recovered.
(b) All three were lightly wounded.
(c) All three were unscratched and unstained.
(d) Cuchulainn's helper died, but he and his horse recovered from their wounds.

5. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.
(a) Plot.
(b) Outcome.
(c) Setting.
(d) Characters.

6. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

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

8. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?
(a) The Romans.
(b) The English.
(c) The barbarians.
(d) The Irish.

9. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?
(a) Balkans.
(b) Caucasus.
(c) Alps.
(d) Urals.

10. What is reported to be alive in American universities?
(a) Nasty stereotypes against Protestants.
(b) Nasty stereotypes against Catholics.
(c) The mystery meat.
(d) Nasty stereotypes against the Irish.

11. The classic Christian doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity are first articulated by this person.
(a) Pelagius.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Julian of Eclanum.
(d) Arminius.

12. What is Tain Bo Cuailnge?
(a) A Roman poetry epic.
(b) An Irish poetry epic.
(c) An Irish prose epic.
(d) A Roman prose epic.

13. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.
(a) Democracy.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Monarchy.

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

15. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.
(a) Romans.
(b) Gauls.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Irish.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, leisure is necessary for learning to ______________.

3. Who gave this report about American universities?

4. What did Christian monks teach the Irish about Mil?

5. What was the Romans' reaction to Celtic warriors?

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