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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. Why does the deal between Queen Medb and the bull's owner fall through?
(a) The intermediaries get drunk and fight.
(b) King Ailil kills the bull's owner.
(c) Medb doesn't have a daughter.
(d) The bull dies.

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

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

4. What practice that, in our society is illegal, exists and is considered acceptable in pre-Christian Ireland?
(a) Murder.
(b) Burglary.
(c) Polygamy.
(d) Slavery.

5. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?
(a) Ruling.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Working.
(d) Leisure.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the setting of Tain Bo Cuailnge?

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

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

5. What is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the Irish doing during the time the barbarians are conquering Europe?

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

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

7. Why were the barbarians seeking to migrate into Rome?

8. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, in what type of relationship are the Irish faithful and loyal? In what type of relationship are they not necessarily?

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

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

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