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ST. Patrick's Day

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 16-year-old boy named Succat was brought to Ireland against his own will because.

a)

He was taken by the irish.

b)

He was playing and his ball went onto a ship that went to Ireland.

c)

He wanted to help the people on the ship because they looked sick.

2.

Patrick was born into a well-to-do family around 386 A.D and grew up along great Britain's western coast, likly in (a)  

3.

Patrick father was a _________ and his grandfather was a ______.

a)

Christian

b)

Priest

c)

Doctor

d)

Farmer

4.

Deprived of ____ and _______, Patrick lived in virtual isolation.

(a)  

5.

Believing that (a)   protection must have been responsible for his unlikely escape.

6.

Records show that a st. Patrick's day parade was held on march...

a)

17

b)

21

c)

1

d)

9

7.

Nearly... poeple line the 1.5 mile parade route to watch the procession

a)

3million

b)

8million

c)

2million

d)

1million

8.

When the great... hit ireland in 1845 close to 1 million poor and uneducated irish Catholics began to poor into america to escape it.

a)

Potato famine

b)

Water shortage

c)

bad soil

d)

chicago river was green

9.

in .... thee new york city parade was one of the first major city events to be canceled as a result of the ...... it was again cancelled in ...

a)

2020

b)

2018

c)

2021

d)

2019

10.

Newspapers potrayed them in cartoons as ...., violent ....

a)

Drunk

b)

Poor

c)

Monkey

d)

Dirty

11.

The 1970s irish laws mandated that ... be closed on march 17

a)

Bars

b)

Museums

c)

Schools

d)

Pubs

12.

The original irish name for these figures of folklore is ..... meaning small body fellow

a)

Lobaircin

b)

Midget

c)

Tiny peopson

d)

Toddler

13.

Why can't you pray for us since we'er in a bad state with...

a)

Hunger

b)

Thirst

c)

Money

14.

He was ordained a dexon around .....

a)

418 A.D

b)

179 A.D

c)

200 A.D

15.

Although many formerly enslaved people would have a dreaded return to their place of captivity, .... asked for an assignment as a missionary to Ireland.

a)

Patrick

b)

Rodrick

c)

Jordan

d)

aaron

16.

Knowledge of Ireland's language and custom facilitated his work in converting and baptizing druid priest, ..... and aristocrats by the thousands before hi death

a)

Chieftains

b)

War lords

c)

Kings

d)

The poor

17.

the raid that tore him away from his family was not all that unusual in the early 5th century,says ...

a)

Philip Freeman

b)

The king

c)

Priest

d)

The poor.

18.

one of the most horrifying features of the period is the wholesale enslavement of freeman and woman writes Thomas Cahill in ...

a)

How the irish saved civilization

b)

How the british saved civilization

c)

How the american saved civilization

d)

How the romans saved civilization

19.

And the young man walked across .... of peat bogs and forests before arriving at a port.

a)

300 miles

b)

100 miles

c)

50 miles

d)

200 miles

20.

early in the 5th century, ab irish ship beat against the waves along the .....

a)

eastern cost

b)

Northern cost

c)

Southern cost

d)

western cost