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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 position is Ausonius given in the year 379 A.D.?
2. Where was the city of Hippo, where St. Augustine lived?
3. What category of people is this book about?
4. Which group raids Britain in the fifth century?
5. Which prophecy refers to the Roman Empire's total lifespan?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Irish transmission back to Europe of its Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage called?
2. What crime in post-imperial Rome becomes the stuff of fairy tales?
3. What is key to the Pax Romana (the Roman Peace)?
4. 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?
5. Why do local lords loan money to tax collectors?
6. What analogy is used to explain the concept of the Roman legions being overrun by barbarians?
7. Who does the author say have controlled what is said about the Irish Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contributions to civilization?
8. Why has the story of Ireland's re-education of Europe gone untold, according to the author?
9. In the Irish epic Tain Bo Cuailnge, what was the subject of Queen Medb's and King Ailil's debate?
10. Why doesn't Augustine see much of the destruction the barbarians have caused?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 1, it is stated that Rome fell gradually and that, although previous barbarian threats from Gaul were able to be dealt with, Rome was in such decline that when the Germanic tribes invaded they overwhelmed Rome. Please analyze, using examples from the text, what is believed to have caused the decline of Rome and why this decline caused the barbarians to defeat the Romans.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast, using the text for support, the level of importance that Augustine and Patrick each place on their converts' adherence to conventional, traditional relationships.
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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