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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 does Patrick convince the Irish to stop human sacrifices?
2. Irish monasteries become hubs for:
3. One thing that all heroes in ancient Irish literature have in common is that they fall prey to some "geis." What does the word "geis" mean in English?
4. What word can be used to describe a "Green Martyr"?
5. After he returns to Britain, what does Patricius feel called by?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where was Kevin of Glendalough's monastery located?
2. Why did Pope Honorius III order that John Scotus' book, De Divisione Naturae, be burned?
3. Before he was kidnapped, what was Patricius' opinion of God and the Catholic Church?
4. What event did Irish Christians light bonfires to commemorate?
5. In addition to the spiritual welfare of the Irish, what does Patrick worry about?
6. Why was Patricius turned away when he arrived in Wexford and asked for passage to Britain?
7. What were the "White Martyrs?"
8. What apocryphal legends about Patrick have arisen that are familiar to us?
9. What effect do the decisions made at the Synod of Whitby have on the Irish understanding of the relationship between themselves and Rome?
10. What monasteries did Columbanus found in Gaul?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Patrick's and Augustine's views of the basic nature of the universe and of the body. Use the text to back up your arguments.
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
Compare and contrast, using the text to support your statements and including the names of people from each category, the "White Martyrs" and the "Green Martyrs" of Irish Christianity.
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