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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What controls Irish society prior to its Christianization?

2. With whom does the author hint he sides?

3. When Queen Medb's messenger finds a replacement bull, what are the terms under which its owner agrees to lend it to her?

4. Which river separated the Roman legions from the barbarian hordes that were attacking them?

5. What is the name of Mil's family poet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would cause a tax collector to seek a loan from a lord, and what would cause the collector to default?

2. Why were the barbarians seeking to migrate into Rome?

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

4. Why has Ireland's contributions to civilization been overlooked?

5. What are the Irish doing during the time the barbarians are conquering Europe?

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

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

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

9. What careers did Patricius' father and grandfather hold?

10. When the landlords redeem their slaves, what do the men and women become?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the text, compare and contrast Irish society in the fifth century B.C.E. with Roman society in the same period (i.e. just before the fall of the Empire).

Essay Topic 2

Beginning in the sixteenth century, Ireland came under the rule of newly Protestant England, and Irish Catholics came under discrimination and persecution that led to centuries of civil war that ended only in the early 21st century. Explain, using the text to support your statements, the various forms of oppression that the Irish Catholics endured, and tie it in to the statement made in the Introduction that Protestant Anglo-Saxons have controlled what is said about a Celtic, Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contribution in a crucial period.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the role of women in the Irish Catholic church to their role in the Roman Catholic church. Use the text to support your statements.

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