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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. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?
(a) Anglo-Saxon Catholics.
(b) Celtic Catholics.
(c) Celtic Protestants.
(d) Protestant Anglo-Saxons.

2. What book moves young Augustine to tears?
(a) Odyssey.
(b) Iliad.
(c) Pahedrus.
(d) Aeneid.

3. Which prophecy refers to the Roman Empire's total lifespan?
(a) The Prophecy of Rome.
(b) The Prophecy of the Twelve Eagles.
(c) The Prophecy of Apollo.
(d) The Prophecy of Romulus and Remus.

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

5. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.
(a) Romans.
(b) Irish.
(c) Vikings.
(d) Gauls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?

2. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, leisure is necessary for learning to ______________.

3. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"

4. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?

5. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?

Short Essay Questions

1. What crime in post-imperial Rome becomes the stuff of fairy tales?

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

3. Because the Irish understand that life is fleeting, what do they pursue instead of holding onto people or things?

4. When the landlords redeem their slaves, what do the men and women become?

5. How are the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts reached it described?

6. In the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge, what was the subject of Queen Medb's and King Ailil's debate?

7. What regions did the Celts conquer between 600 and 400 B.C.E.?

8. What do Celtic warriors wear into battle?

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

10. Why has Ireland's contributions to civilization been overlooked?

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