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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the speaker in "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" praise God as?
(a) The Three in One.
(b) The Bright and Morning Star.
(c) The I Am.
(d) The All in All.

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

3. It is Patrick's hope that the Irish will at least accept the body as what?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Pure.
(c) Clean.
(d) Holy.

4. What Saxon hero is shown with the Celtic virtues of loyalty, courage, and generosity?
(a) Gwynnedd.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Lancelot.
(d) Beow.

5. What are the names of the Irish war goddesses?
(a) Danu and Medb.
(b) Ares and Mercury.
(c) Nemain and Badb.
(d) Badb and Medb.

6. How old is Patricius when he is kidnapped?
(a) Six.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Twenty-six.

7. What year C.E. is believed to be that of Patrick's death?
(a) 614.
(b) 416.
(c) 461.
(d) 641.

8. One well-known Green Martyr was:
(a) Kevin of Glendalough.
(b) Venerable Bede.
(c) St. Jerome.
(d) Cicero.

9. Where is the Book of Kells preserved?
(a) Aberdeen University, Scotland.
(b) The Vatican, Vatican City.
(c) Cambridge University, England.
(d) Trinity College, Dublin.

10. Who are the druids?
(a) Irish monks.
(b) Pagan Irish priests.
(c) Irish nuns.
(d) Catholic Irish priests.

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 Which historical document describes the details of the seventh-century invasion of Ireland, monastery by monastery?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

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

13. Whose intent was it to preach to all nations?
(a) The barbarians'.
(b) The apostles'.
(c) The pope's.
(d) Patrick's.

14. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, why do British Christians not even consider Irish Christians human beings?
(a) They are not Roman.
(b) They are not British.
(c) They have red hair.
(d) Their warriors fight in the nude.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ireland the only place from which the European missionaries can get books?

2. What do the Irish gods that Patrick does not eliminate become?

3. After his ordination and return to Ireland, Patricius' name changed to: _____________

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

5. Where did Patrick establish his headquarters?

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