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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does the pope crown as King of the Franks on Christmas Day 800?
(a) Charles the Bald.
(b) Charlemagne.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Louis.

2. What Irish feasts are still celebrated to this day?
(a) May Day and Hanukkah.
(b) May Day and Halloween.
(c) Halloween and Groundhog Day.
(d) Easter and Halloween.

3. Which historical document describes the details of the seventh-century invasion of Ireland, monastery by monastery?
(a) The Norman Archives.
(b) The Viking Annals.
(c) The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
(d) The Book of Kells.

4. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?
(a) The God of Ireland.
(b) The God of the Three Faces.
(c) The God of Patrick.
(d) The God of Rome.

5. Ireland becomes the first _____________________ country as it becomes an English colony.
(a) Spiritually impoverished.
(b) Third World.
(c) Second World.
(d) Religiously divided.

6. Whom does Pope Gregory I send a librarian, Augustine, to baptize?
(a) King Henry VIII.
(b) Patrick.
(c) The King of Kent.
(d) Columcille.

7. Why does Patricius walk 200 miles to Wexford?
(a) A voice tells him to convert Ireland.
(b) A voice tells him to run away.
(c) His master has pity on him and gives him his freedom.
(d) A voice tells him he is going home.

8. Had Augustine read "Breastplate," he would doubtless--according to his beliefs--have sensed ______________.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Kinship.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Heresy.

9. What publication format replaced the scroll?
(a) Papyrus.
(b) Stele.
(c) Codex.
(d) Tabloid.

10. What was Columcille's name before he became a monk?
(a) Ogham.
(b) Finian.
(c) Crimthann.
(d) Diarmait.

11. One thing that all heroes in ancient Irish literature have in common is that they fall prey to some "geis." What does the word "geis" mean in English?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Danger.
(c) Taboo.
(d) Enemy.

12. What is the name of the person who kidnaps Patricius?
(a) Flanagan.
(b) Miliucc.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Cuchulainn.

13. For ________________, there are no known communications between Rome and Britain, much less Rome and Ireland.
(a) 1000 years.
(b) 150 years.
(c) 200 years.
(d) 50 years.

14. Why is Ireland the only place from which the European missionaries can get books?
(a) The art of copying is dead in Italy and Gaul.
(b) The missionaries only speak Gaelic.
(c) The barbarians are pagans.
(d) The barbarians are illiterate.

15. What was Brigid before she is consecrated as a bishop?
(a) A druid princess.
(b) A prostitute.
(c) A peasant girl.
(d) A slave.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which school does John Scotus Eriugena teach?

2. In contrast to his youth, Augustine's post-conversion views on sex appear to be:

3. What is the unusual form of apology mentioned in Chapter 4 that is requested by the sailors of Patricius?

4. Where is the monastery that Columcille founded located?

5. Ireland is the only place that Christianity is introduced without:

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