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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 city is the capital of Roman Africa?
2. What nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?
3. What are the Irish renowned as during the fifth century?
4. Who was Charles Kingsley?
5. Which groups plunder Italy in the fifth century?
Short Essay Questions
1. Because the Irish understand that life is fleeting, what do they pursue instead of holding onto people or things?
2. What is key to the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace)?
3. If these White Martyrs had not existed, what major advances in civilization would not have occurred?
4. In the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge, what was the subject of Queen Medb's and King Ailil's debate?
5. 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?
6. 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?
7. Why were the barbarians seeking to migrate into Rome?
8. What is the Irish transmission back to Europe of its Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage called?
9. What does Augustine discover about language?
10. As the Roman Empire continues to decline, what is the concept of "what is being done" replaced by?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Using the text to support your arguments, explain and analyze the Irish copying and publishing process. How was it unique? How did it lend itself to assisting in the later re-civilization of Europe?
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