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

2. What nationality was Disraeli?
(a) English.
(b) Irish.
(c) Scottish.
(d) Israeli.

3. In Tain Bo Cuailnge, why does Queen Medb's bull defect to King Ailil?
(a) It refuses to be led by a man.
(b) It refuses to be led by a woman.
(c) Its mate is owned by King Ailil.
(d) It doesn't want to be slaughtered.

4. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?
(a) The Danube and the Volga.
(b) The Volga and the Rhine.
(c) The Volga and the Thames.
(d) The Rhine and the Danube.

5. According to Ireland's foundation myth, the sons of Mil reached Ireland from Spain and took Ireland from the "People of the Goddess _________."
(a) Danu.
(b) Siobhan.
(c) Anu.
(d) Dierdre.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?

2. Who, according to Tain Bo Cuailnge, teaches Cuchulainn to fight?

3. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?

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

5. What position is Ausonius given in the year 375 A.D.?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What crime in post-imperial Rome leads to the foundation of what we know today as the Mafia?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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