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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. When Augustine founds his semi-monastic community in Milan, what is its goal?
2. In what year is Rome overtaken?
3. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?
4. What Greek statue shows how Celtic warriors dressed for battle?
5. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?
Short Essay Questions
1. What natural desire did Augustine freely indulge in his youth, then become very conservative about later in life?
2. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?
3. If these White Martyrs had not existed, what major advances in civilization would not have occurred?
4. What, instead of the popular belief that Roman gods were punishing Rome with barbarians in order to take out their anger upon Romans who converted to Christianity, does St. Augustine claim is the cause of the barbarian siege of Rome?
5. What is key to the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace)?
6. What is the purpose of the "White Martyrs" who were trained by evangelists in Ireland?
7. When the landlords redeem their slaves, what do the men and women become?
8. As the Roman Empire continues to decline, what is the concept of "what is being done" replaced by?
9. What do Celtic warriors wear into battle?
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
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.
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 Irish society in the fifth century B.C.E. with Roman society in the same period (i.e. just before the fall of the Empire).
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