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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. 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.?

2. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?

3. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"

4. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?

5. What causes Augustine to start reading the Bible?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Augustine see much of the destruction the barbarians have caused?

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

3. What natural desire did Augustine freely indulge in his youth, then become very conservative about later in life?

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

5. What are the Irish doing during the time the barbarians are conquering Europe?

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

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

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

9. During what period did Charles Kingsley describe famine-stricken Irish as "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Patrick's and Augustine's views of the basic nature of the universe and of the body. Use the text to back up your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Use examples from the text to prove or disprove Edward Campion's statement, mentioned in Chapter 6, that the Irish are "lovers of learning, capable of any studie [sic] whereunto they bend themselves."

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