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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. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?
(a) The Thames.
(b) The Rhine.
(c) The Volga.
(d) The Danube.

2. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?
(a) Space Age.
(b) Stone Age.
(c) Industrial Age.
(d) Iron Age.

3. What happens to Augustine after he begins reading the Bible?
(a) He accepts baptism.
(b) He is crucified.
(c) He regains his sanity.
(d) He becomes pope.

4. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?
(a) Confessions.
(b) How The Irish Saved Civilization.
(c) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(d) The City of God.

5. What is the name of Mil's family poet?
(a) Amhairghin.
(b) Kevin of Glendalough.
(c) O'Heailigh.
(d) Cuchulainn.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Tain Bo Cuailnge, why does Queen Medb's bull defect to King Ailil?

2. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?

3. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?

4. What does Tain Bo Cuailnge mean in English?

5. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Celtic warriors wear into battle?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. During what period did Charles Kingsley describe famine-stricken Irish as "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?

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

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

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

10. 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?

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