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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Augustine after he begins reading the Bible?
(a) He is crucified.
(b) He accepts baptism.
(c) He regains his sanity.
(d) He becomes pope.

2. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Professors.
(d) Tax collectors.

3. 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 religion.
(d) Through dance.

4. In what year does the last Western emperor die?
(a) 476 C.E.
(b) 410 C.E.
(c) 410 B.C.E.
(d) 476 B.C.E.

5. How many people was Cuchulainn able to reportedly kill in three passes during one battle?
(a) Innumerable kings and 130 rabble.
(b) 130 kings and innumerable rabble.
(c) As many as the sands on the shore.
(d) Innumerable; but it is known that the dead were six deep in a vast circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.

2. What is believed to live outside the boundaries of the Imperium?

3. Who is the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization?

4. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.

5. Who, according to Tain Bo Cuailnge, teaches Cuchulainn to fight?

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