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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 was Columcille's name before he became a monk?

2. What did Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man all have in common?

3. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?

4. What do the Irish gods that Patrick does not eliminate become?

5. The Irish believe that "the one thing the devil cannot bear is _____________."

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What monasteries did Columbanus found in Gaul?

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

5. How did Saxons understand the world?

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

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

8. What are the two reasons cited for Ireland's transition from chaos to peace?

9. 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?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Describe and explain how Patrick used Christianity to convince the Irish to end their practice of human sacrifice. Support your statements with examples from the text.

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