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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who, according to Tain Bo Cuailnge, teaches Cuchulainn to fight?
(a) The goddess Danu herself.
(b) His father.
(c) Three women.
(d) Queen Medb.
2. How were stories like Tain Bo Cuailnge transmitted in Ireland prior to the sixth century CE?
(a) Through the written word.
(b) Through oral tradition.
(c) Through dance.
(d) Through religion.
3. To which ethnic grouping do the Irish belong?
(a) Celts.
(b) Saxons.
(c) Normans.
(d) Welsh.
4. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Edward Gibbons.
(b) Petrarch.
(c) Emperor Valentinian.
(d) Charles Kingsley.
5. Who are among the notable people that the poem "St. Patrick's Breastplate" is said to inspire?
(a) Dante, Homer, and Bill Gates.
(b) Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa, and Shakespeare.
(c) Francis of Assisi, Dante, and Chaucer.
(d) George Lucas, Mother Teresa, and Barack Obama.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the artifacts was intended for the Catholic sacrifice of the Eucharist (i.e., Communion)?
2. What were Celtic corpses such as Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man examples of?
3. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?
4. In Tain Bo Cuailnge, why does Queen Medb's bull defect to King Ailil?
5. What are two artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity?
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