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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 blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?

2. What position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?

3. What is Tain Bo Cuailnge?

4. What is the modern-day name of the country from which the barbarians that attacked and eventually conquered Rome came?

5. What was the Romans' reaction to Celtic warriors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge, what was the subject of Queen Medb's and King Ailil's debate?

3. What is key to the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace)?

4. As the Roman Empire continues to decline, what is the concept of "what is being done" replaced by?

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

6. If these White Martyrs had not existed, what major advances in civilization would not have occurred?

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

8. How are the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts reached it described?

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the text, compare and contrast Plato's and Paul's views on the nature of the soul/the fight between flesh and spirit that so captured a young Augustine and eventually led to his conversion to Christianity.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and analyze the role of and reasons for human sacrifice in pre-Christian Ireland. Support your answer with examples from the text.

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