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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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 Which historical document describes the details of the seventh-century invasion of Ireland, monastery by monastery?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

6. What Irish feasts are still celebrated to this day?
(a) May Day and Hanukkah.
(b) Halloween and Groundhog Day.
(c) Easter and Halloween.
(d) May Day and Halloween.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What are the names of the missionaries who establish monasteries in Germanic lands such as Frisia, Denmark, and Saxony?
(a) Wilfrid and Boniface.
(b) Wilfrid and Grendel.
(c) Charlemagne and Dungal.
(d) Boniface and Charlemagne.

13. What Psalm was Columcille in the middle of copying the night he died?
(a) 23.
(b) 151.
(c) 119.
(d) 34.

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

15. Patrick is "as silent about sex as are the _________________."
(a) Waves of the sea.
(b) Gospels.
(c) Flowers of the field.
(d) Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man all have in common?

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

3. Who are the druids?

4. How old is Patricius when he is kidnapped?

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

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