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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. Who was Charles Kingsley?
(a) A professor.
(b) A politician.
(c) A historian.
(d) An evangelist.

2. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?
(a) Through religion.
(b) Through dance.
(c) Through the written word.
(d) Through oral tradition.

3. What organization has its beginnings during the fall of the Roman empire?
(a) Communists.
(b) Nazis.
(c) Fascists.
(d) Mafia.

4. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"
(a) Irish.
(b) Albino chimpanzees.
(c) People of mixed race.
(d) Germans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thanks to the barbarian invasions, the spirit of _________________ as a living entity is irrevocably lost.

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. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.

5. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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. Why do local lords loan money to tax collectors?

4. What analogy is used to explain the concept of the Roman legions being overrun by barbarians?

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

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

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

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

9. What natural desire did Augustine freely indulge in his youth, then become very conservative about later in life?

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

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