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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. By 1914, four million Irish have left the country due to persecution and famine. What ratio of the 1845 population is this?
2. The Irish believe that "the one thing the devil cannot bear is _____________."
3. Christian Saxons always look to the Irish as ____________ in Christ.
4. Like the Jews earlier, the Irish see literacy as a __________________ act.
5. Where is the monastery that Columcille founded located?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was described as "the first man in three hundred years who was able to think?"
2. 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?
3. What event did Irish Christians light bonfires to commemorate?
4. What do the Irish monasteries, whose leaders are termed "literate druids," become centers for?
5. What are the two reasons cited for Ireland's transition from chaos to peace?
6. What do the Irish believe that gods, druids, poets, and anyone in touch with the magic-world are able to do? What is this phenomenon called?
7. Who do the archaeologists who found Lindow Man believe he was, and what do they believe was the reason for his sacrifice?
8. Where were the "spirals, zigzags, and lozenges" that decorated the Irish monks' books first used?
9. How are the Irish gods and goddesses are described?
10. What does the poem "St. Patrick's Breastplate" inspire?
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
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.
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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