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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 375 A.D.?
(a) Co-regent.
(b) Prelate.
(c) Chief of Staff.
(d) Proconsul.

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

3. What is the name of Mil's family poet?
(a) Kevin of Glendalough.
(b) Amhairghin.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) O'Heailigh.

4. How many people was Cuchulainn able to reportedly kill in three passes during one battle?
(a) Innumerable; but it is known that the dead were six deep in a vast circle.
(b) As many as the sands on the shore.
(c) 130 kings and innumerable rabble.
(d) Innumerable kings and 130 rabble.

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

6. To which ethnic grouping do the Irish belong?
(a) Normans.
(b) Welsh.
(c) Saxons.
(d) Celts.

7. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Hellenism.
(c) Manicheism.
(d) Christianity.

8. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?
(a) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.
(b) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.
(c) Celtic Catholics.
(d) Celtic Protestants.

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

10. What vitally important Irish virtue is NOT named on the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King's" tombstone?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Handsomeness.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Bravery.

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

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

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

14. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?
(a) Beowulf.
(b) Alaric.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Attila.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?

3. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?

4. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?

5. What happens to Augustine after he begins reading the Bible?

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