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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. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, why do British Christians not even consider Irish Christians human beings?

2. What is the name of the person who kidnaps Patricius?

3. For ________________, there are no known communications between Rome and Britain, much less Rome and Ireland.

4. Why is Ireland the only place from which the European missionaries can get books?

5. What Saxon hero is shown with the Celtic virtues of loyalty, courage, and generosity?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Before he was kidnapped, what was Patricius' opinion of God and the Catholic Church?

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

4. What were the "White Martyrs?"

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

6. What does Patrick call King Coroticus's kidnapping of thousands of Irish converts?

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

8. What did Edward Campion say about the Irish and learning?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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."

Essay Topic 3

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.

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