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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 Psalm was Columcille in the middle of copying the night he died?
(a) 151.
(b) 34.
(c) 119.
(d) 23.

2. What is NOT true about the great Irish prayer known both as "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" and as "The Deer's Cry"?
(a) The speaker in the prayer is most likely a druid who has converted to Christianity.
(b) It was written in the seventh or eighth century.
(c) It was written by Patrick himself.
(d) The prayer summons God's power against all forms of evil.

3. What is NOT changed in Ireland as a result of Patrick's influence as a bishop?
(a) Intertribal warfare.
(b) Slave trade.
(c) Loose sexual mores.
(d) Murder.

4. Who does the speaker in "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" praise God as?
(a) The Bright and Morning Star.
(b) The Three in One.
(c) The I Am.
(d) The All in All.

5. What are the names of the missionaries who establish monasteries in Germanic lands such as Frisia, Denmark, and Saxony?
(a) Wilfrid and Grendel.
(b) Charlemagne and Dungal.
(c) Wilfrid and Boniface.
(d) Boniface and Charlemagne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who instructs the King of the Franks about a solar eclipse?

2. What about Columcille's monastery would not have met with the Pope's approval?

3. Which of the artifacts was intended for the Catholic sacrifice of the Eucharist (i.e., Communion)?

4. Which of the artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity was a pagan votary offering?

5. What are two artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Kevin of Glendalough's monastery located?

2. As the White Martyrs establish monasteries across Europe, what situation do they repeatedly encounter and from where does the solution come?

3. Although the Irish saw nothing positive in the Viking occupation, what did they in fact establish?

4. When Patricius (renamed Patrick) leaves the Ecumene after his ordination to become a missionary to Ireland, what is he willing to do for the sake of the Gospel?

5. What do the Irish believe that gods, druids, poets, and anyone in touch with the magic-world are able to do? What is this phenomenon called?

6. In addition to the spiritual welfare of the Irish, what does Patrick worry about?

7. What does Patrick call King Coroticus's kidnapping of thousands of Irish converts?

8. What are Patrick's and Augustine's opinions of each other? Why?

9. Who do the archaeologists who found Lindow Man believe he was, and what do they believe was the reason for his sacrifice?

10. What event did Irish Christians light bonfires to commemorate?

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