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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what name do the Irish refer to the Christian God?
(a) The God of the Three Faces.
(b) The God of Patrick.
(c) The God of Rome.
(d) The God of Ireland.

2. What are the last surviving Celtic living languages today?
(a) Cornish and Welsh.
(b) Welsh and Gaelic.
(c) Irish and Scots Gaelic.
(d) Turkish and French.

3. To which poets is Ausonius of Bordeaux compared?
(a) Robert Frost and Virgil.
(b) Petrarch and Cicero.
(c) Virgil and Cicero.
(d) Homer and Virgil.

4. Who gave this report about American universities?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Henry Grafton.
(c) John Henry Newman.
(d) Mark Twain.

5. 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?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Taboo.
(c) Enemy.
(d) Danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?

2. What is the only Celtic nation-state in the world?

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

4. It is Patrick's hope that the Irish will at least accept the body as what?

5. What Psalm was Columcille in the middle of copying the night he died?

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