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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. Christian Saxons always look to the Irish as ____________ in Christ.
(a) Equals.
(b) Juniors.
(c) Elders.
(d) Inferiors.

2. One well-known Green Martyr was:
(a) St. Jerome.
(b) Venerable Bede.
(c) Kevin of Glendalough.
(d) Cicero.

3. What council considers the correct date of Easter and the form of the Irish monastic tonsure?
(a) The Synod of Whitby.
(b) The Synod of Dort.
(c) The Council of Orange.
(d) The Council of Nicaea.

4. Who invades Ireland near the end of the seventh century?
(a) Saxons.
(b) Elizabethans.
(c) Normans.
(d) Vikings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is NOT changed in Ireland as a result of Patrick's influence as a bishop?

3. After he returns to Britain, what does Patricius feel called by?

4. After his ordination and return to Ireland, Patricius' name changed to: _____________

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where were the "spirals, zigzags, and lozenges" that decorated the Irish monks' books first used?

2. What effect do the decisions made at the Synod of Whitby have on the Irish understanding of the relationship between themselves and Rome?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Before he was kidnapped, what was Patricius' opinion of God and the Catholic Church?

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