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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night before he is ordained as a deacon, what does Patricius confide to a friend and receive forgiveness for?
(a) A sin committed at fifteen.
(b) A sin committed during his slavery.
(c) A sin committed at five.
(d) A sin committed that night.

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

3. What word can be used to describe a "Green Martyr"?
(a) Hermit.
(b) Monk.
(c) Irish Catholic.
(d) Environmentalist.

4. What task is Patricius pressed into doing by his new master?
(a) Tending sheep.
(b) Training horses.
(c) Herding cows.
(d) Blacksmithing.

5. What is believed to live outside the boundaries of the Imperium?
(a) The gods.
(b) Barbarians.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Unicorns and fairies.

6. What are two artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity?
(a) The Ardagh Chalice and St. Patrick's Breastplate.
(b) St. Patrick's Breastplate and the Gundestrup Cauldron.
(c) The Gundestrup Cauldron and the Ardagh Chalice.
(d) Borremose Man and the Ardagh Chalice.

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

8. The Irish believe that "the one thing the devil cannot bear is _____________."
(a) Laughter.
(b) Faith.
(c) Joy.
(d) Cooperation.

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

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

11. What about Columcille's monastery would not have met with the Pope's approval?
(a) It was headed by a pagan.
(b) It was headed by a homosexual.
(c) It was headed by the King of England.
(d) It was headed by a woman.

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

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 Which historical document describes the details of the seventh-century invasion of Ireland, monastery by monastery?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

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

15. Who is the copyist who created the Lindisfarne Gospels?
(a) Columcille.
(b) Aidan.
(c) Eadfrith.
(d) Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he returns to Britain, what does Patricius feel called by?

2. What year C.E. is believed to be that of Patrick's death?

3. Who was the first emperor to blend Roman citizenship and church membership?

4. Whom does Pope Gregory I send a librarian, Augustine, to baptize?

5. It is Patrick's hope that the Irish will at least accept the body as what?

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