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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Lagos.
(c) Hippo.
(d) Carthage.

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

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

4. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?
(a) Leisure.
(b) Working.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Ruling.

5. 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.?
(a) Petrarch.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Patricius.
(d) Patrocles.

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

7. What organization has its beginnings during the fall of the Roman empire?
(a) Mafia.
(b) Communists.
(c) Nazis.
(d) Fascists.

8. What is the setting of Tain Bo Cuailnge?
(a) Rathcroghan, Ireland.
(b) Florence, Italy.
(c) Cooley, Ireland.
(d) Rome, Italy.

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

10. What was the Romans' reaction to Celtic warriors?
(a) Respect.
(b) Envy.
(c) Shock.
(d) Disgust.

11. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Nero.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Valentinian II.

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

13. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Teachers.
(b) Explorers.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Evangelists.

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

15. Which groups plunder Italy in the fifth century?
(a) Goths and Huns.
(b) Anglo-Saxons and Normans.
(c) Mongols and Japanese.
(d) Vandals and Visigoths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?

2. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?

3. What Greek statue shows how Celtic warriors dressed for battle?

4. What book moves young Augustine to tears?

5. After Rome is conquered, which Italian city temporarily became the capital?

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