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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After he returns to Britain, what does Patricius feel called by?
(a) The "Voice of Ireland."
(b) The "Voice of the Vatican."
(c) The "Voice of Rome."
(d) The "Voice of Gaul."

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

3. What is the Irish approach to marriage and sex considered?
(a) Unconventional.
(b) Conventional.
(c) Traditional.
(d) Improvisational.

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

5. Who are among the notable people that the poem "St. Patrick's Breastplate" is said to inspire?
(a) Dante, Homer, and Bill Gates.
(b) George Lucas, Mother Teresa, and Barack Obama.
(c) Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, and Shakespeare.
(d) Francis of Assisi, Dante, and Chaucer.

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

7. How does Patrick convince the Irish to stop human sacrifices?
(a) He tells them they will go to Hell if they keep it up.
(b) He tells them Christ died once for all.
(c) He tells them it is illegal according to Roman law.
(d) He tells them it is morally wrong.

8. How far are the apostles Peter and Thomas believed to have gone in their missionary journeys?
(a) India and Rome, respectively.
(b) Britain and France, respectively.
(c) Rome and India, respectively.
(d) Rome and Italy, respectively.

9. What council considers the correct date of Easter and the form of the Irish monastic tonsure?
(a) The Council of Orange.
(b) The Synod of Whitby.
(c) The Council of Nicaea.
(d) The Synod of Dort.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Who was the first emperor to blend Roman citizenship and church membership?
(a) Marcus Aurelius.
(b) Nero.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Constantine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Irish feasts are still celebrated to this day?

2. The night before he is ordained as a deacon, what does Patricius confide to a friend and receive forgiveness for?

3. What were Celtic corpses such as Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man examples of?

4. What are the names of the Irish war goddesses?

5. For ________________, there are no known communications between Rome and Britain, much less Rome and Ireland.

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