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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 do the pagan Irish gods eat?
2. One thing that all heroes in ancient Irish literature have in common is that they fall prey to some "geis." What does the word "geis" mean in English?
3. The Irish believe that "the one thing the devil cannot bear is _____________."
4. It is Patrick's hope that the Irish will at least accept the body as what?
5. What is NOT true about the great Irish prayer known both as "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" and as "The Deer's Cry"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In addition to the spiritual welfare of the Irish, what does Patrick worry about?
2. What were the "White Martyrs?"
3. Who was described as "the first man in three hundred years who was able to think?"
4. Why does Patrick believe that the Christian has nothing to fear from the world of magic?
5. Who do the archaeologists who found Lindow Man believe he was, and what do they believe was the reason for his sacrifice?
6. What event did Irish Christians light bonfires to commemorate?
7. Where were the "spirals, zigzags, and lozenges" that decorated the Irish monks' books first used?
8. What do the Irish monasteries, whose leaders are termed "literate druids," become centers for?
9. Although the Irish saw nothing positive in the Viking occupation, what did they in fact establish?
10. What does Patrick call King Coroticus's kidnapping of thousands of Irish converts?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain and demonstrate the characteristics of the "uniquely de-Romanized Christianity" that Patrick brought to Ireland, comparing and contrasting it to the Roman Christianity espoused by Augustine of Hippo that eventually came into conflict with Irish Christianity when Augustine of Canterbury was stationed in England. Use the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Demonstrate and explain, using the text to support your statements, how Patrick invoked the elements to his aid as the hand of a well-meaning God.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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