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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 Irish gods that Patrick does not eliminate become?

2. What are the names of the Irish war goddesses?

3. Had Augustine read "Breastplate," he would doubtless--according to his beliefs--have sensed ______________.

4. How far are the apostles Peter and Thomas believed to have gone in their missionary journeys?

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. What happens when war goddesses Nemain and Badb appear in warriors' dreams to tell them what will happen in battle the following day?

2. What is Patrick's view of magic?

3. What apocryphal legends about Patrick have arisen that are familiar to us?

4. Who was described as "the first man in three hundred years who was able to think?"

5. What effect do the decisions made at the Synod of Whitby have on the Irish understanding of the relationship between themselves and Rome?

6. Why did Pope Honorius III order that John Scotus' book, De Divisione Naturae, be burned?

7. As the White Martyrs establish monasteries across Europe, what situation do they repeatedly encounter and from where does the solution come?

8. What does the poem "St. Patrick's Breastplate" inspire?

9. Why was Patricius turned away when he arrived in Wexford and asked for passage to Britain?

10. How are the Irish gods and goddesses are described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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