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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 effect does slavery have on Patricius' faith?
(a) He questions God and remains an atheist.
(b) He questions God and eventually becomes a Catholic.
(c) He curses God and dies.
(d) He prays constantly and becomes a holy man.

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

3. What did the autopsy done on Lindow Man find that his last meal consisted of?
(a) Lamb.
(b) Blackened cod.
(c) Blackened hearthcake.
(d) Potatoes.

4. Which Irish king does Patrick criticize?
(a) Ailil.
(b) Coroticus.
(c) Cuchulainn.
(d) Diermait.

5. Which of the artifacts was intended for the Catholic sacrifice of the Eucharist (i.e., Communion)?
(a) The Ardagh Chalice.
(b) Borremose Man.
(c) St. Patrick's Breastplate.
(d) The Gundestrup Cauldron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What council considers the correct date of Easter and the form of the Irish monastic tonsure?

2. Irish monasteries become hubs for:

3. What was Patricius' faith before his kidnapping?

4. Ireland is the only place that Christianity is introduced without:

5. Who is the copyist who created the Lindisfarne Gospels?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Kevin of Glendalough's monastery located?

2. Why was Patricius turned away when he arrived in Wexford and asked for passage to Britain?

3. Before he was kidnapped, what was Patricius' opinion of God and the Catholic Church?

4. What are Patrick's and Augustine's opinions of each other? Why?

5. As the White Martyrs establish monasteries across Europe, what situation do they repeatedly encounter and from where does the solution come?

6. In addition to the spiritual welfare of the Irish, what does Patrick worry about?

7. What are the two reasons cited for Ireland's transition from chaos to peace?

8. What do the Irish monasteries, whose leaders are termed "literate druids," become centers for?

9. What happens when war goddesses Nemain and Badb appear in warriors' dreams to tell them what will happen in battle the following day?

10. What do the Irish believe that gods, druids, poets, and anyone in touch with the magic-world are able to do? What is this phenomenon called?

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