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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 is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?

2. What type of evidence backs the Irish foundation myth?

3. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?

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

5. What was fifth-century Rome considered?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the "White Martyrs" who were trained by evangelists in Ireland?

2. Why do local lords loan money to tax collectors?

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

4. What does Augustine discover about language?

5. Who is the most dominating character in Tain Bo Cuailnge?

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

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

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. What careers did Patricius' father and grandfather hold?

10. Who does the author say have controlled what is said about the Irish Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contributions to civilization?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the role of women in the Irish Catholic church to their role in the Roman Catholic church. Use the text to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

Demonstrate and explain, using the text to support your statements, how Patrick invoked the elements to his aid as the hand of a well-meaning God.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and explain how Patrick used Christianity to convince the Irish to end their practice of human sacrifice. Support your statements with examples from the text.

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