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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?
(a) Consul.
(b) Prelate.
(c) Satrap.
(d) Governor.

2. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?
(a) John Henry Newman.
(b) Hans Christian Andersen.
(c) Aesop.
(d) The Brothers Grimm.

3. What is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?
(a) Aenid.
(b) Confessions.
(c) City of God.
(d) Book of Kells.

4. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?
(a) Charles Dickens.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Albert Payson Terhune.
(d) Thomas Cahill.

5. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Volga.
(c) The Danube.
(d) The Rhine.

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

7. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Its inner faults.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Its weak military.
(d) Christianity.

8. 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.

9. Who gave this report about American universities?
(a) Henry Grafton.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) John Henry Newman.
(d) Charles Kingsley.

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

11. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?
(a) Warriors.
(b) Sailors.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Farmers.

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

13. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Two.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seventy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?

3. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?

4. Who was Charles Kingsley?

5. What two genres does Augustine of Hippo's memoir begin?

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