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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Patricius' faith before his kidnapping?
(a) Roman deities.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Atheist.

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

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

4. 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 barbarians are illiterate.
(c) The missionaries only speak Gaelic.
(d) The barbarians are pagans.

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

6. Which of the artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity was a pagan votary offering?
(a) The Ardagh Chalice.
(b) The Gundestrup Cauldron.
(c) St. Patrick's Breastplate.
(d) Borremose Man.

7. What does Patrick find the Irish displaying in their temples, on their palisades, and even hanging on their belts?
(a) The heads of sea creatures.
(b) The heads of their enemies.
(c) The heads of birds.
(d) The heads of their livestock.

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

9. Who is Cernunnos?
(a) Lord of the Fishes.
(b) Lord of the Animals.
(c) King of Limerick.
(d) Lindow Man.

10. For how many years is Patrick a missionary in Ireland?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Thirty-three.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

14. Which Irish king does Patrick criticize?
(a) Ailil.
(b) Diermait.
(c) Coroticus.
(d) Cuchulainn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far are the apostles Peter and Thomas believed to have gone in their missionary journeys?

2. What did the autopsy done on Lindow Man find that his last meal consisted of?

3. Christian Saxons always look to the Irish as ____________ in Christ.

4. Why does Patricius walk 200 miles to Wexford?

5. Where is the monastery that Columcille founded located?

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