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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What category of people is this book about?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Explorers.
(c) Evangelists.
(d) Teachers.

3. What organization has its beginnings during the fall of the Roman empire?
(a) Mafia.
(b) Fascists.
(c) Nazis.
(d) Communists.

4. Which university is historian Anthony Grafton affiliated with?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Princeton.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Cambridge.

5. Who wrote of "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?
(a) Anthony Grafton.
(b) Charles Kingsley.
(c) Benjamin Disraeli.
(d) Thomas Cahill.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?

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

4. Romans think the army bespeaks __________.

5. How does How the Irish Saved Civilization describe the Irish?

(see the answer key)

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