Practice Quiz on Irish Literature PDF

Started on Saturday, 15 February 2025, 7:13 PM State Finished Completed on Saturday, 15 February 2025, 7:26 PM Time taken 13 mins 4 secs Marks 43.00/48.00 Grade 17.92 out of 20.00 (89.58%) Question 1 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1...

Started on Saturday, 15 February 2025, 7:13 PM State Finished Completed on Saturday, 15 February 2025, 7:26 PM Time taken 13 mins 4 secs Marks 43.00/48.00 Grade 17.92 out of 20.00 (89.58%) Question 1 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these consonants is a class unto itself in Irish metrics? a. S b. A c. BH The correct answer is: S Question 2 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these things afflicted the poet Antaine Raiftearaí? a. He couldn't hear well b. He couldn't walk well c. He couldn't see well The correct answer is: He couldn't see well Question 3 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 The term "Jacobite" references which English name? a. Jacob b. Charles c. James The correct answer is: James Question 4 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In which centuries were significant populations of English speakers planted onto the lands of dispossessed Irish? a. 16th and 17th b. 18th and 19th c. 15th and 16th The correct answer is: 16th and 17th Question 5 Complete Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 In Irish metrics, if a poem structure is described as 4(2) -- with the number 2 written in superscript -- how many syllables does any given line contain? a. 4 b. 2 c. 6 The correct answer is: 4 Question 6 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In Irish metrics, if a poem structure is described as 6(2) -- with the number 2 written in superscript -- what does the 2 denote? a. The number of stanzas in the poem b. The number of syllables in the final word of the line c. The number of perfect rhymes needed in the stanza The correct answer is: The number of syllables in the final word of the line Question 7 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 According to seventeenth-century political ideology, how many kingdoms were there among the islands of Ireland and Britain? a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 The correct answer is: 3 Question 8 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these dates is most commonly used to denote the beginning of the medieval period in Irish history? a. 800 CE b. 400 CE c. 400 BC The correct answer is: 400 CE Question 9 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these population groups left a significant mark on the development of the Irish language in the 9th century CE? a. The Normans b. The Vikings c. The Franks The correct answer is: The Vikings Question 10 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these was not a common first name in the Jacobite dynasty? a. James b. Henry c. Charles The correct answer is: Henry Question 11 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 What is the general message of aisling poetry? a. That Ireland's saviour is within b. That Ireland's saviour is overseas c. That Ireland's saviour is no more The correct answer is: That Ireland's saviour is overseas Question 12 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 What is the name given to the wealthy establishment that controlled Irish politics throughout the 17th and 18th centuries? a. The Bourne Legacy b. The Protestant Ascendancy c. The British Élite The correct answer is: The Protestant Ascendancy Question 13 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In Ireland, Christian missionaries, and their associated books, stretch back to which century? a. Fifth century CE b. First century BCE c. First century CE The correct answer is: Fifth century CE Question 14 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these themes from 'Cúirt an Mheán Oíche' (The Midnight Court) is also a common feature in the folk song tradition? a. The fairy court b. The unhappily wedded young woman c. The tortured narrator The correct answer is: The unhappily wedded young woman Question 15 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Of which population group was it famously said that they became "more Irish than the Irish themselves"? a. The Normans and their descendants b. Continental Celts and their descendants c. English Catholics and their descendents The correct answer is: The Normans and their descendants Question 16 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 The areas of Ireland most strongly associated with the Irish language today are called...? a. The Highlands b. The Gaeltacht c. The Republic of Ireland The correct answer is: The Gaeltacht Question 17 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these topics is the most common in extant surviving bardic poetry? a. Description of battle b. Praise for a patron c. Laments for the dead The correct answer is: Praise for a patron Question 18 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 What is the original language of the New Testament? a. Hebrew b. Irish c. Greek The correct answer is: Greek Question 19 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of the following pairs is used to describe the quality of vowels in Irish metrics? a. Broad and slender b. Large and small c. High and short The correct answer is: Broad and slender Question 20 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In manuscripts studies, an individual's version of a shared or common script is known as what? a. A font b. A style c. A hand The correct answer is: A hand Question 21 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 What name is given to the most common Latin translation of the Bible in the medieval period? a. The Vulgate b. The New Testament c. The Vetus Latina The correct answer is: The Vulgate Question 22 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In the following quatrain, how many syllables are in lines 2 and 4? Is an fhód ar hoileadh mé fríoth uaim ar éis a chéile ainm gach tolcha ar a suidh sinn, a bhfuil ortha ní aithnim. a. 8 b. 6 c. 7 The correct answer is: 7 Question 23 Complete Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Which instrument did the poet Antaine Raiftearaí play, apparently to accompany himself? a. The pipes b. The harp c. The fiddle The correct answer is: The fiddle Question 24 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these statements best describes the term 'bardic poetry'? a. Any type of poetry written by a bard b. Syllabic poetry written in standardised language c. Rhythmical poetry written in standardised language The correct answer is: Syllabic poetry written in standardised language Question 25 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these is not a Goidelic language? a. Manx b. Irish c. Welsh The correct answer is: Welsh Question 26 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these are the two most dominant languages of early medieval Irish literature? a. Latin and Celtic b. Irish and Latin c. Irish and English The correct answer is: Irish and Latin Question 27 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In which area would you find the strongest concentration of ogham? a. The west coast of Wales b. The south-west of Ireland c. The south-west of Scotland The correct answer is: The south-west of Ireland Question 28 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In the following quatrain, how many syllables are in lines 1 and 3? Beag aithnim dom aos chumtha, mar tú ní tuar cobhurtha, d’éis an chuire gar chleacht sinn is tearc duine le ndingninn. a. 7 b. 8 c. 6 The correct answer is: 7 Question 29 Complete Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 According to Kuno Meyer, which of these periods of Irish poetry came first? a. Syllabic poetry b. Rhythmical alliterative poetry c. Rhythmical vocalic poetry The correct answer is: Rhythmical alliterative poetry Question 30 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In the folk song tradition, which of these is the most common complaint of a woman narrator? a. Her husband is ungenerous b. Her husband is too poor c. She cannot find a lover The correct answer is: Her husband is ungenerous Question 31 Complete Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Which of these seemingly unreliable statements is a key premise in 'Cúirt an Mheán Oíche' (The Midnight Court)? a. The clergy are having many children b. King James will shortly arrive to liberate Ireland c. Ireland's population is decreasing The correct answer is: Ireland's population is decreasing Question 32 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In Irish metrics, if the structure of a poem is described as 7(1) -- with the number 1 written in superscript -- what does the number 7 denote? a. The number of lines in a stanza b. The number of syllables in a line c. The number of extant manuscript copies of the poem The correct answer is: The number of syllables in a line Question 33 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these languages made significant contributions to Irish vocabulary on sea-faring? a. Greek b. Old Norse c. Latin The correct answer is: Old Norse Question 34 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these usually meets the poet-narrator in an aisling poem? a. A woman b. An exiled monarch c. A dead ancestor The correct answer is: A woman Question 35 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 The poet Antaine Raiftearaí was most esteemed in which counties in Ireland? a. Cork and Kerry b. Mayo and Galway c. Dublin and Meath The correct answer is: Mayo and Galway Question 36 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which event of the 19th century most rapidly accelerated language shift from Irish to English? a. The Great Famine b. The Napoleonic Wars c. The Act of Union The correct answer is: The Great Famine Question 37 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these professions was not practiced by Brian Merriman, the author of 'Cúirt an Mheán Oíche'? a. Math teacher b. Farmer c. Judge The correct answer is: Judge Question 38 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 The earliest form of writing in Ireland appears on which medium? a. Wax b. Stone c. Vellum The correct answer is: Stone Question 39 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these is a standout feature of the earliest surviving Irish poems? a. A strict syllabic count b. Rhyme c. Alliteration The correct answer is: Alliteration Question 40 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 To which of these countries could Ireland look to as potential allies in the 17th century, in the name of Catholicism? a. Scotland b. France c. The Netherlands The correct answer is: France Question 41 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Medieval bardic poetry is also known by which term (in translation)? a. Poetry of the monasteries b. Poetry of the schools c. Poetry of the lords The correct answer is: Poetry of the schools Question 42 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these is the most common feature of ogham texts? a. They record the names of places b. They record the names of people c. They record significant years The correct answer is: They record the names of people Question 43 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 In which century did the Norman invasion of Ireland begin? a. 11th b. 10th c. 12th The correct answer is: 12th Question 44 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these collections is not a common source of bardic poetry? a. Books containing poems for one aristocratic family b. Books containing poems written by one family of poets c. Books containing poems written in one geographical area The correct answer is: Books containing poems written in one geographical area Question 45 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these type of settlement is typically associated with the Vikings in Ireland? a. Rural castles b. Forts on island promontories c. Towns The correct answer is: Towns Question 46 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Which of these is one prominent difference between bardic poetry and aisling poetry? a. The aisling poetry is based on a regular syllable count b. The aisling poetry is based on regular stressed vowels c. The aisling poetry is based on irregular alliterated lines The correct answer is: The aisling poetry is based on regular stressed vowels Question 47 Complete Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 What is the aisling in the term 'aisling poetry'? a. A dream vision b. A political message c. An exiled monarch The correct answer is: A dream vision Question 48 Complete Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Which of these is immortalised in a medieval Irish monk's poem, comparing an animal's behaviour to learning? a. A blackbird b. A cow c. A cat The correct answer is: A cat