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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. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?
2. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"
3. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?
4. What ends Ausonius' career?
5. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Irish transmission back to Europe of its Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage called?
2. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, in what type of relationship are the Irish faithful and loyal? In what type of relationship are they not necessarily?
3. In the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge, what was the subject of Queen Medb's and King Ailil's debate?
4. Why has the story of Ireland's re-education of Europe gone untold, according to the author?
5. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?
6. Why do local lords loan money to tax collectors?
7. Who does the author say have controlled what is said about the Irish Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contributions to civilization?
8. What are the Irish doing during the time the barbarians are conquering Europe?
9. Because the Irish understand that life is fleeting, what do they pursue instead of holding onto people or things?
10. What legendary Irish creatures did the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts arrived eventually become?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast how Medb is portrayed in Tain Bo Cuailnge with the heroines of Greek and Roman epics, such as Helen, Dido, Clytemnestra, Antigone, and Medea. Be sure to use the text for support.
Essay Topic 2
Use examples from the text to prove or disprove Edward Campion's statement, mentioned in Chapter 6, that the Irish are "lovers of learning, capable of any studie [sic] whereunto they bend themselves."
Essay Topic 3
Define and describe, supporting your statements from the text, Augustine's doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity.
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