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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. Why is Ireland the only place from which the European missionaries can get books?

2. What Psalm was Columcille in the middle of copying the night he died?

3. Where is the Book of Kells preserved?

4. Who are the druids?

5. What are the names of the missionaries who establish monasteries in Germanic lands such as Frisia, Denmark, and Saxony?

Short Essay Questions

1. Although the Irish saw nothing positive in the Viking occupation, what did they in fact establish?

2. What event did Irish Christians light bonfires to commemorate?

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

4. What were the "White Martyrs?"

5. Why did Pope Honorius III order that John Scotus' book, De Divisione Naturae, be burned?

6. What does Patrick call King Coroticus's kidnapping of thousands of Irish converts?

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

8. Where were the "spirals, zigzags, and lozenges" that decorated the Irish monks' books first used?

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

10. How did Saxons understand the world?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and explain how Patrick used Christianity to convince the Irish to end their practice of human sacrifice. Support your statements with examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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