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

2. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
(a) Its inner faults.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Its weak military.

3. In what year is Rome overtaken?
(a) 476 C.E.
(b) 476 B.C.E.
(c) 410 B.C.E.
(d) 410 C.E.

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

5. The classic Christian doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity are first articulated by this person.
(a) Pelagius.
(b) Arminius.
(c) Julian of Eclanum.
(d) Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?

2. Why does the deal between Queen Medb and the bull's owner fall through?

3. In the war that results from the collapse of the deal between Queen Medb and the owner of the bull, what is the name of Daire's champion?

4. What is the name of Mil's family poet?

5. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Augustine discover about language?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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