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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the last surviving Celtic living languages today?
(a) Welsh and Gaelic.
(b) Irish and Scots Gaelic.
(c) Cornish and Welsh.
(d) Turkish and French.

2. What is the name of the barbarian who besieges Rome?
(a) Alaric.
(b) Beowulf.
(c) Genghis Khan.
(d) Attila.

3. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?
(a) December 4, 316 C.E.
(b) December 31, 406 C.E.
(c) December 4, 316 B.C.
(d) December 31, 406 B.C.

4. What does Tain Bo Cuailnge mean in English?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire.
(b) The Cattle Raid of Cooley.
(c) The City of God.
(d) How the Irish Saved Civilization.

5. What is the setting of Tain Bo Cuailnge?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Rathcroghan, Ireland.
(c) Florence, Italy.
(d) Cooley, Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was Charles Kingsley?

4. What type of culture is Ireland described as in the opening pages of this book?

5. Which group raids Britain in the fifth century?

Short Essay Questions

1. Because the Irish understand that life is fleeting, what do they pursue instead of holding onto people or things?

2. What natural desire did Augustine freely indulge in his youth, then become very conservative about later in life?

3. What crime in post-imperial Rome leads to the foundation of what we know today as the Mafia?

4. What careers did Patricius' father and grandfather hold?

5. According to the author of How the Irish Saved Civilization, in what type of relationship are the Irish faithful and loyal? In what type of relationship are they not necessarily?

6. What, instead of the popular belief that Roman gods were punishing Rome with barbarians in order to take out their anger upon Romans who converted to Christianity, does St. Augustine claim is the cause of the barbarian siege of Rome?

7. What legendary Irish creatures did the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts arrived eventually become?

8. Why has the story of Ireland's re-education of Europe gone untold, according to the author?

9. Why has Ireland's contributions to civilization been overlooked?

10. What is the purpose of the "White Martyrs" who were trained by evangelists in Ireland?

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