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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. With whom does the author hint he sides?
(a) The lions.
(b) The mice.
(c) The men.
(d) The lambs.

2. What is reported to be alive in American universities?
(a) Nasty stereotypes against Protestants.
(b) The mystery meat.
(c) Nasty stereotypes against the Irish.
(d) Nasty stereotypes against Catholics.

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

4. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?
(a) Hippo.
(b) Carthage.
(c) Lagos.
(d) Johannesburg.

5. What nationality was Disraeli?
(a) Irish.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Israeli.
(d) English.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?

4. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?

5. Which groups plunder Italy in the fifth century?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What, instead of the popular belief that Roman gods were punishing Rome with barbarians in order to take out their anger upon Romans who converted to Christianity, does St. Augustine claim is the cause of the barbarian siege of Rome?

4. On December 31, 401, when the Roman legions and the barbarians first face each other in battle, how many years remain in the twelve centuries the Roman Empire is prophesied to last?

5. Why do local lords loan money to tax collectors?

6. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?

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

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

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

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

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