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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The night before he is ordained as a deacon, what does Patricius confide to a friend and receive forgiveness for?
(a) A sin committed that night.
(b) A sin committed at five.
(c) A sin committed at fifteen.
(d) A sin committed during his slavery.

2. Which of the artifacts that represent the Irish transition from paganism to Christianity was a pagan votary offering?
(a) Borremose Man.
(b) The Ardagh Chalice.
(c) St. Patrick's Breastplate.
(d) The Gundestrup Cauldron.

3. What is NOT changed in Ireland as a result of Patrick's influence as a bishop?
(a) Intertribal warfare.
(b) Slave trade.
(c) Murder.
(d) Loose sexual mores.

4. What is the name of the person who kidnaps Patricius?
(a) Cuchulainn.
(b) Flanagan.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Miliucc.

5. Who was the first emperor to blend Roman citizenship and church membership?
(a) Nero.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Marcus Aurelius.
(d) Constantine.

6. Who burns John Scotus Eriugena's book, De Divisione Naturae?
(a) Pope Honorius III.
(b) Pope Gregory I.
(c) King Charlemagne.
(d) King Charles the Bald.

7. Whose intent was it to preach to all nations?
(a) Patrick's.
(b) The apostles'.
(c) The barbarians'.
(d) The pope's.

8. Who is the copyist who created the Lindisfarne Gospels?
(a) Eadfrith.
(b) Columcille.
(c) Aidan.
(d) Augustine.

9. What Irish feasts are still celebrated to this day?
(a) May Day and Halloween.
(b) Easter and Halloween.
(c) Halloween and Groundhog Day.
(d) May Day and Hanukkah.

10. Whom does the pope crown as King of the Franks on Christmas Day 800?
(a) Louis.
(b) Charlemagne.
(c) Charles the Bald.
(d) Napoleon.

11. The Irish believe that "the one thing the devil cannot bear is _____________."
(a) Cooperation.
(b) Faith.
(c) Joy.
(d) Laughter.

12. What word can be used to describe a "Green Martyr"?
(a) Environmentalist.
(b) Irish Catholic.
(c) Hermit.
(d) Monk.

13. Where does Patricius go to study for ordination?
(a) Paris.
(b) Gaul.
(c) London.
(d) Rome.

14. What are annually renewable in Ireland on Feb. 1, the feast of Imbolc, as late as the twelfth century?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Mortgages.
(c) Employment contracts.
(d) Marriages.

15. Where did Patrick establish his headquarters?
(a) Connaught.
(b) Cork.
(c) Armagh.
(d) Galway.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1914, four million Irish have left the country due to persecution and famine. What ratio of the 1845 population is this?

2. For how many years is Patrick a missionary in Ireland?

3. What did Tolland Man, Grauballe Man, Borremose Man, and Lindow Man all have in common?

4. Patrick is "as silent about sex as are the _________________."

5. Who does the speaker in "Saint Patrick's Breastplate" praise God as?

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