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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. How old is Patricius when he is kidnapped?

2. Who is the copyist who created the Lindisfarne Gospels?

3. Irish monasteries become hubs for:

4. Where is the Book of Kells preserved?

5. Who was the first emperor to blend Roman citizenship and church membership?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event did Irish Christians light bonfires to commemorate?

4. When Patricius (renamed Patrick) leaves the Ecumene after his ordination to become a missionary to Ireland, what is he willing to do for the sake of the Gospel?

5. What were the "White Martyrs?"

6. Where was Kevin of Glendalough's monastery located?

7. What are Patrick's and Augustine's opinions of each other? Why?

8. What do the Irish monasteries, whose leaders are termed "literate druids," become centers for?

9. In addition to the spiritual welfare of the Irish, what does Patrick worry about?

10. Where were the "spirals, zigzags, and lozenges" that decorated the Irish monks' books first used?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using the text to support your arguments, explain and analyze the Irish copying and publishing process. How was it unique? How did it lend itself to assisting in the later re-civilization of Europe?

Essay Topic 2

Using the text to support your statements, compare and contrast the Irish Catholic church's views on the office of abbot, penance, and confession with those of the Roman Catholic church.

Essay Topic 3

Beginning in the sixteenth century, Ireland came under the rule of newly Protestant England, and Irish Catholics came under discrimination and persecution that led to centuries of civil war that ended only in the early 21st century. Explain, using the text to support your statements, the various forms of oppression that the Irish Catholics endured, and tie it in to the statement made in the Introduction that Protestant Anglo-Saxons have controlled what is said about a Celtic, Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contribution in a crucial period.

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