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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were the "white chimpanzees?"
(a) People of mixed race.
(b) Albino chimpanzees.
(c) Irish.
(d) Germans.

2. Who was Charles Kingsley?
(a) An evangelist.
(b) A politician.
(c) A professor.
(d) A historian.

3. In which book did St. Augustine blame paganism for Rome's troubles with barbarians?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(b) The City of God.
(c) Confessions.
(d) How The Irish Saved Civilization.

4. Why does Ausonius go to Emperor Valentinian's court?
(a) To tutor the emperor's son, Augustine.
(b) To tutor the emperor.
(c) To tutor the emperor's son, Gratian.
(d) To become the emperor's proconsul.

5. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.
(a) Characters.
(b) Plot.
(c) Outcome.
(d) Setting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Machiavelli _________ blamed the barbarians for Rome's fall.

2. Which two rivers separate barbarians from the Roman Empire?

3. In what century does How the Irish Saved Civilization begin?

4. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"

5. What subject does Ausonius teach at the University of Bordeaux?

(see the answer key)

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