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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. In what year is Rome overtaken?

2. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?

3. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?

4. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"

5. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Celtic warriors wear into battle?

2. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?

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

4. What is the Irish transmission back to Europe of its Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage called?

5. What natural desire did Augustine freely indulge in his youth, then become very conservative about later in life?

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Explain and demonstrate the characteristics of the "uniquely de-Romanized Christianity" that Patrick brought to Ireland, comparing and contrasting it to the Roman Christianity espoused by Augustine of Hippo that eventually came into conflict with Irish Christianity when Augustine of Canterbury was stationed in England. Use the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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