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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which school does John Scotus Eriugena teach?
(a) Glendalough.
(b) Palatine School.
(c) University of Dublin.
(d) The Sorbonne.

2. Like the Jews earlier, the Irish see literacy as a __________________ act.
(a) Religious.
(b) Cultural.
(c) Educational.
(d) Civilizing.

3. What do the Irish gods that Patrick does not eliminate become?
(a) Angels.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Gargoyles.
(d) Demons.

4. What is NOT one of the classic Irish virtues?
(a) Courage.
(b) Steadfast loyalty.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Grumpiness.

5. What are annually renewable in Ireland on Feb. 1, the feast of Imbolc, as late as the twelfth century?
(a) Mortgages.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Employment contracts.

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

7. What did the autopsy done on Lindow Man find that his last meal consisted of?
(a) Blackened hearthcake.
(b) Blackened cod.
(c) Lamb.
(d) Potatoes.

8. Who instructs the King of the Franks about a solar eclipse?
(a) John Scotus Eriugena.
(b) Dungal.
(c) Sedulius Scotus.
(d) Dicuil.

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

10. What do the pagan Irish gods eat?
(a) Fruits and vegetables.
(b) Fish.
(c) Human meat.
(d) Insects.

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 Which historical document describes the details of the seventh-century invasion of Ireland, monastery by monastery?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

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

13. Who is the first person in history to speak out against slavery unequivocally?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Pelagius.
(c) Augustine.
(d) Cuchulainn.

14. Christian Saxons always look to the Irish as ____________ in Christ.
(a) Elders.
(b) Inferiors.
(c) Equals.
(d) Juniors.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What about Columcille's monastery would not have met with the Pope's approval?

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

3. Who is Cernunnos?

4. Where does Patricius go to study for ordination?

5. Who are the druids?

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