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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the fable about the man and the lion?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Hans Christian Andersen.
(c) The Brothers Grimm.
(d) John Henry Newman.

2. Which class and nationality of people considered the Irish "incapable of civilization?"
(a) Uneducated Englishmen.
(b) Educated Englishmen.
(c) Uneducated Americans.
(d) Educated Americans.

3. What nationality was Disraeli?
(a) Israeli.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Irish.
(d) English.

4. How many years after this first encounter did St. Augustine blame paganism for the problems his city was having with barbarians?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Two.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Twenty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the last Western emperor die?

2. Without Ireland, neither __________ nor ____________ would have occurred.

3. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?

4. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?

5. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?

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