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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Augustine founds his semi-monastic community in Milan, what is its goal?
(a) Restoring the Roman empire.
(b) Attaining world peace.
(c) Educating the barbarians.
(d) Attaining truth through Plato and his commentators.

2. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?
(a) The Volga and the Rhine.
(b) The Volga and the Thames.
(c) The Rhine and the Danube.
(d) The Danube and the Volga.

3. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?
(a) Balkans.
(b) Caucasus.
(c) Urals.
(d) Alps.

4. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Its inner faults.
(d) Its weak military.

5. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?
(a) To tutor the emperor's son, Augustine.
(b) To tutor the emperor's son, Gratian.
(c) To become the emperor's proconsul.
(d) To tutor the emperor.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author of How the Irish Saved Civilization vows to give hearing to all "without ______."

2. Which groups plunder Italy in the fifth century?

3. What major theme concerning Augustine will be shown in later chapters to apply to Ireland as they themselves become Christian?

4. What is reported to be alive in American universities?

5. What is Tain Bo Cuailnge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the most dominating character in Tain Bo Cuailnge?

2. What would cause a tax collector to seek a loan from a lord, and what would cause the collector to default?

3. What legendary Irish creatures did the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts arrived eventually become?

4. Who does the author say have controlled what is said about the Irish Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contributions to civilization?

5. What is the purpose of the "White Martyrs" who were trained by evangelists in Ireland?

6. What is the Irish transmission back to Europe of its Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage called?

7. What crime in post-imperial Rome leads to the foundation of what we know today as the Mafia?

8. If these White Martyrs had not existed, what major advances in civilization would not have occurred?

9. Why doesn't Augustine see much of the destruction the barbarians have caused?

10. What careers did Patricius' father and grandfather hold?

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