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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Gratian's co-regent when he succeeds Valentinian in 375 A.D.?
(a) Valentinian II.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Nero.
(d) Brutus.

2. How old is Patricius when he is kidnapped?
(a) Six.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Twenty-six.
(d) Sixty.

3. What happens to Augustine when, after reading the works of Saul of Tarsus, he realized that Plato's views on truth were wrong?
(a) He suffered a nervous breakdown.
(b) He died.
(c) He joined the barbarians.
(d) He went out of business.

4. Who is nicknamed the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King?"
(a) Bono.
(b) Michael Flatley.
(c) Daniel O'Connell.
(d) St. Patrick.

5. In the war that results from the collapse of the deal between Queen Medb and the owner of the bull, what is the name of Daire's champion?
(a) Seamus.
(b) Patrick.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Brian Boru.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the time of his capture, what is the name of the young man enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?

2. What is the modern-day name of the country from which the barbarians that attacked and eventually conquered Rome came?

3. What was the Romans' reaction to Celtic warriors?

4. What practice that, in our society is illegal, exists and is considered acceptable in pre-Christian Ireland?

5. With whom does the author hint he sides?

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