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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. Thanks to the barbarian invasions, the spirit of _________________ as a living entity is irrevocably lost.
(a) Classical civilization.
(b) The feudal system.
(c) Hellenistic culture.
(d) The Roman pantheon.

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

3. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?
(a) Logic.
(b) History.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Latin.

4. What is the only Celtic nation-state in the world?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Scotland.
(d) England.

5. What is the first religion with which Augustine experiments?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Manicheism.
(d) Hellenism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?

2. Who is nicknamed the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King?"

3. To which ethnic grouping do the Irish belong?

4. What ends Ausonius' career?

5. What category of people is this book about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is key to the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace)?

2. What do Celtic warriors wear into battle?

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

4. What crime in post-imperial Rome becomes the stuff of fairy tales?

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

6. If these White Martyrs had not existed, what major advances in civilization would not have occurred?

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

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

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

10. What legendary Irish creatures did the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts arrived eventually become?

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