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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. In which mountain range do the two rivers that separate the barbarians from the Roman Empire originate?
2. When the barbarians invade Rome, how many people die?
3. What category of people is this book about?
4. The classic Christian doctrines of original sin, grace, and the trinity are first articulated by this person.
5. What nickname is given to the people who reintroduced culture to medieval Europe?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How are the aborigines who inhabited Ireland when the Celts reached it described?
3. Who does the author say have controlled what is said about the Irish Catholic past and overlooked Ireland's contributions to civilization?
4. What dichotomy that troubled Augustine was addressed by Manicheism, Plato, and Saul of Tarsus?
5. Why were the barbarians seeking to migrate into Rome?
6. Who is the most dominating character in Tain Bo Cuailnge?
7. If these White Martyrs had not existed, what major advances in civilization would not have occurred?
8. Why has Ireland's contributions to civilization been overlooked?
9. 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?
10. What is the purpose of the "White Martyrs" who were trained by evangelists in Ireland?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain and demonstrate the characteristics of the "uniquely de-Romanized Christianity" that Patrick brought to Ireland, comparing and contrasting it to the Roman Christianity espoused by Augustine of Hippo that eventually came into conflict with Irish Christianity when Augustine of Canterbury was stationed in England. Use the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
Using the text to support your arguments, explain and analyze the Irish copying and publishing process. How was it unique? How did it lend itself to assisting in the later re-civilization of Europe?
Essay Topic 3
Chapter 1 also states that the barbarians invaded Rome because they were transitioning from a hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural society. Please write an essay that compares and contrasts the characteristics of a hunter-gatherer society with those of an agricultural society.
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