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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the war that results from the collapse of the deal between Queen Medb and the owner of the bull, what is the name of Daire's champion?
(a) Cuchulainn.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Seamus.
(d) Brian Boru.

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

3. Who wrote of "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?
(a) Benjamin Disraeli.
(b) Anthony Grafton.
(c) Thomas Cahill.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

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

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

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

7. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."
(a) Disparagement.
(b) Favoritism.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Judging.

8. Who is nicknamed the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King?"
(a) Michael Flatley.
(b) St. Patrick.
(c) Daniel O'Connell.
(d) Bono.

9. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?
(a) Zimbabwe.
(b) Ghana.
(c) North Africa.
(d) South Africa.

10. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?
(a) Confessions.
(b) The City of God.
(c) How The Irish Saved Civilization.
(d) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.

11. What causes Augustine to start reading the Bible?
(a) A post-resurrection appearance to Augustine by Jesus Himself.
(b) A child's voice chanting, "take, read."
(c) A vision of Christ crucified.
(d) His study of Paul's writings.

12. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?
(a) December 31, 406 C.E.
(b) December 4, 316 C.E.
(c) December 31, 406 B.C.
(d) December 4, 316 B.C.

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

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

15. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?
(a) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.
(b) Celtic Protestants.
(c) Celtic Catholics.
(d) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Charles Kingsley?

2. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?

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

4. What ends Ausonius' career?

5. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?

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