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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 nationality is the young man who is enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

2. When Queen Medb's messenger finds a replacement bull, what are the terms under which its owner agrees to lend it to her?

3. Who gave this report about American universities?

4. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?

5. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why has the story of Ireland's re-education of Europe gone untold, according to the author?

7. What crime in post-imperial Rome leads to the foundation of what we know today as the Mafia?

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

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

10. What crime in post-imperial Rome becomes the stuff of fairy tales?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the text to support your statements, compare and contrast the Irish Catholic church's views on the office of abbot, penance, and confession with those of the Roman Catholic church.

Essay Topic 2

Define and describe, supporting your statements from the text, Augustine's doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity.

Essay Topic 3

Beginning in the sixteenth century, Ireland came under the rule of newly Protestant England, and Irish Catholics came under discrimination and persecution that led to centuries of civil war that ended only in the early 21st century. Explain, using the text to support your statements, the various forms of oppression that the Irish Catholics endured, and tie it in to the statement made in the Introduction that Protestant Anglo-Saxons have controlled what is said about a Celtic, Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contribution in a crucial period.

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