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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which historical document describes the details of the seventh-century invasion of Ireland, monastery by monastery?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.

3. In addition to sexual mores, Patrick had to confront the practice of human sacrifice. All _________ people sacrificed people.
(a) Uneducated.
(b) Stone Age.
(c) Celtic.
(d) Pagan.

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

5. Whom does Pope Gregory I send a librarian, Augustine, to baptize?
(a) The King of Kent.
(b) Columcille.
(c) King Henry VIII.
(d) Patrick.

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

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

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

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

10. What were Celtic corpses such as Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man examples of?
(a) Celtic victims of the barbarians.
(b) Celtic prisoners of war.
(c) Celtic sacrifice victims.
(d) Celtic victims of the Romans.

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

12. What language does Patricius speak at home?
(a) Latin.
(b) Saxon.
(c) Gaelic.
(d) Welsh.

13. Who burns John Scotus Eriugena's book, De Divisione Naturae?
(a) Pope Gregory I.
(b) King Charles the Bald.
(c) Pope Honorius III.
(d) King Charlemagne.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Patrick angry when it takes place?

2. By 1914, four million Irish have left the country due to persecution and famine. What ratio of the 1845 population is this?

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

4. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?

5. What Psalm was Columcille in the middle of copying the night he died?

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