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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 group raids Britain in the fifth century?

2. To which ethnic grouping do the Irish belong?

3. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

4. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.

5. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Because the Irish understand that life is fleeting, what do they pursue instead of holding onto people or things?

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

4. What does Augustine discover about language?

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

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

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

8. As the Roman Empire continues to decline, what is the concept of "what is being done" replaced by?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast, using the text to support your statements and including the names of people from each category, the "White Martyrs" and the "Green Martyrs" of Irish Christianity.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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