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

2. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?
(a) The God of Patrick.
(b) The God of Rome.
(c) The God of Ireland.
(d) The God of the Three Faces.

3. What about Columcille's monastery would not have met with the Pope's approval?
(a) It was headed by the King of England.
(b) It was headed by a homosexual.
(c) It was headed by a pagan.
(d) It was headed by a woman.

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

5. Irish monasteries become hubs for:
(a) Populations.
(b) Universities.
(c) Hospitals.
(d) Cathedrals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the unusual form of apology mentioned in Chapter 4 that is requested by the sailors of Patricius?

2. For how many years is Patrick a missionary in Ireland?

3. What is the youthful sin that Patrick confessed to the night before his ordination most likely believed to be?

4. In addition to sexual mores, Patrick had to confront the practice of human sacrifice. All _________ people sacrificed people.

5. What effect does slavery have on Patricius' faith?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was described as "the first man in three hundred years who was able to think?"

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

5. What monasteries did Columbanus found in Gaul?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What did Edward Campion say about the Irish and learning?

10. What are the two reasons cited for Ireland's transition from chaos to peace?

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