How the Irish Saved Civilization Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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How the Irish Saved Civilization Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tain Bo Cuailnge mean in English?

2. What did Petrarch blame for the Roman Empire's fall?

3. On what date does Rome first encounter barbarians?

4. Whose student is Plato?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the barbarians seeking to migrate into Rome?

2. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?

3. 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?

4. What regions did the Celts conquer between 600 and 400 B.C.E.?

5. As the Roman Empire continues to decline, what is the concept of "what is being done" replaced by?

6. Who does the author say have controlled what is said about the Irish Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contributions to civilization?

7. Why do local lords loan money to tax collectors?

8. What would cause a tax collector to seek a loan from a lord, and what would cause the collector to default?

9. What analogy is used to explain the concept of the Roman legions being overrun by barbarians?

10. During what period did Charles Kingsley describe famine-stricken Irish as "white chimpanzees" dying of hunger?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast, using the text for support, the level of importance that Augustine and Patrick each place on their converts' adherence to conventional, traditional relationships.

Essay Topic 2

Demonstrate and explain, using the text to support your statements, how Patrick invoked the elements to his aid as the hand of a well-meaning God.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Patrick's and Augustine's views of the basic nature of the universe and of the body. Use the text to back up your arguments.

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