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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. Which European class do the barbarians destroy?

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

3. With whom does the author hint he sides?

4. At the time of his capture, what is the name of the young man enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

5. What causes Augustine to start reading the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What do Celtic warriors wear into battle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the role of the curiles (tax collectors) in maintaining the Pax Romana. Explain how they came into being, what was expected of them, and why their job became a "cruel trap." Support your answer from the textbook.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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