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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. Who gave this report about American universities?
2. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, leisure is necessary for learning to ______________.
3. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?
4. What is the name of Mil's family poet?
5. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe modern English and Americans?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is key to the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace)?
2. Who is the most dominating character in Tain Bo Cuailnge?
3. What, instead of the popular belief that Roman gods were punishing Rome with barbarians in order to take out their anger upon Romans who converted to Christianity, does St. Augustine claim is the cause of the barbarian siege of Rome?
4. What analogy is used to explain the concept of the Roman legions being overrun by barbarians?
5. What crime in post-imperial Rome leads to the foundation of what we know today as the Mafia?
6. What would cause a tax collector to seek a loan from a lord, and what would cause the collector to default?
7. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?
8. On December 31, 401, when the Roman legions and the barbarians first face each other in battle, how many years remain in the twelve centuries the Roman Empire is prophesied to last?
9. Because the Irish understand that life is fleeting, what do they pursue instead of holding onto people or things?
10. Why has the story of Ireland's re-education of Europe gone untold, according to the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 1, it is stated that Rome fell gradually and that, although previous barbarian threats from Gaul were able to be dealt with, Rome was in such decline that when the Germanic tribes invaded they overwhelmed Rome. Please analyze, using examples from the text, what is believed to have caused the decline of Rome and why this decline caused the barbarians to defeat the Romans.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Augustine's and Patrick's approach to dealing with paganism as they converted the Romans and Irish, respectively, to Christianity. Use the text for research and support.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast, using the text for support, the level of importance that Augustine and Patrick each place on their converts' adherence to conventional, traditional relationships.
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