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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What ends Ausonius' career?
(a) A plagiarism scandal.
(b) Valentinian I's murder.
(c) Gratian's murder.
(d) Valentinian II's murder.
2. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Emperor Valentinian.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Edward Gibbons.
(d) Petrarch.
3. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?
(a) Genghis Khan.
(b) Attila.
(c) Alaric.
(d) Beowulf.
4. In what era were these "white chimpanzees" written of?
(a) Renaissance Europe.
(b) Prehistoric Rome.
(c) Victorian England.
(d) Medieval England.
5. These people preserved Europe's Greco-Roman and Judaeo-Christian heritage.
(a) Irish.
(b) Vikings.
(c) Gauls.
(d) Romans.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Charles Kingsley?
2. What position is Ausonius given in the year 375 A.D.?
3. Who do the "lions" in the fable symbolize to the author?
4. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?
5. What is reported to be alive in American universities?
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