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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 is believed to live outside the boundaries of the Imperium?
(a) The gods.
(b) Monsters.
(c) Unicorns and fairies.
(d) Barbarians.

2. What year C.E. is believed to be that of Patrick's death?
(a) 416.
(b) 461.
(c) 614.
(d) 641.

3. Whose intent was it to preach to all nations?
(a) The pope's.
(b) The apostles'.
(c) Patrick's.
(d) The barbarians'.

4. One thing that all heroes in ancient Irish literature have in common is that they fall prey to some "geis." What does the word "geis" mean in English?
(a) Taboo.
(b) Temptation.
(c) Danger.
(d) Enemy.

5. How does Patrick convince the Irish to stop human sacrifices?
(a) He tells them it is illegal according to Roman law.
(b) He tells them Christ died once for all.
(c) He tells them they will go to Hell if they keep it up.
(d) He tells them it is morally wrong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Columcille's name before he became a monk?

3. Irish monasteries become hubs for:

4. Patrick is "as silent about sex as are the _________________."

5. What do the pagan Irish gods eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Patrick believe that the Christian has nothing to fear from the world of magic?

2. Why did Pope Honorius III order that John Scotus' book, De Divisione Naturae, be burned?

3. 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?

4. How did Saxons understand the world?

5. Why was Patricius turned away when he arrived in Wexford and asked for passage to Britain?

6. What do the Irish monasteries, whose leaders are termed "literate druids," become centers for?

7. What does the poem "St. Patrick's Breastplate" inspire?

8. What apocryphal legends about Patrick have arisen that are familiar to us?

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

10. 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?

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