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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who blamed the Christian virtues that softened Rome for its fall?
(a) Charles Kingsley.
(b) Emperor Valentinian.
(c) Petrarch.
(d) Edward Gibbons.

3. In Rome, what occupation was called the "class of worms?"
(a) Professors.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Tax collectors.

4. At the time of his capture, what is the name of the young man enslaved as a shepherd by the Irish in 401 C.E.?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Petrarch.
(c) Patrocles.
(d) Patricius.

5. What happens to Augustine when, after reading the works of Saul of Tarsus, he realized that Plato's views on truth were wrong?
(a) He joined the barbarians.
(b) He died.
(c) He went out of business.
(d) He suffered a nervous breakdown.

6. How many people was Cuchulainn able to reportedly kill in three passes during one battle?
(a) Innumerable kings and 130 rabble.
(b) 130 kings and innumerable rabble.
(c) Innumerable; but it is known that the dead were six deep in a vast circle.
(d) As many as the sands on the shore.

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

8. What is the title of Augustine of Hippo's memoir?
(a) Confessions.
(b) Book of Kells.
(c) Aenid.
(d) City of God.

9. What vitally important Irish virtue is NOT named on the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King's" tombstone?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Handsomeness.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Bravery.

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

11. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?
(a) Green Martyrs.
(b) Irish Professors.
(c) White Martyrs.
(d) Holy Rollers.

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

13. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, leisure is necessary for learning to ______________.
(a) Work.
(b) Relax.
(c) Thrive.
(d) Play.

14. Which group raids Britain in the fifth century?
(a) Anglo-Saxons.
(b) Celts.
(c) Huns.
(d) Normans.

15. Who is nicknamed the "Irish Catholic Martin Luther King?"
(a) Daniel O'Connell.
(b) St. Patrick.
(c) Bono.
(d) Michael Flatley.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fable of the man and the lion illustrates how who tells a story affects the _____________.

2. What city is the capital of Roman Africa?

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

4. What is reported to be alive in American universities?

5. What type of evidence backs the Irish foundation myth?

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