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1.   

Where was Saint Patrick born?

    Britain
    Italy
    Spain

2.   

Why did Patrick first go to Ireland?

    Pirates captured him and sold him as a slave in Ireland
    His father sent him there to open a restaurant
    He went to seminary school in Dublin

3.   

What pope sent Patrick to Ireland to convert Irish people to Christianity?

    Celestine I
    Damasus I
    Leo I, the Great

4.   

In what book did Patrick justify his mission to Ireland?

    Confession
    The Eulogy of Saint Columba
    Lebor Gabala

5.   

What did Patrick use to explain the idea of the Trinity to the Irish?

    Garter snakes
    Shamrock
    Shillelagh

6.   

What year was the first St. Patrick's Day celebration held in North America?

    1637
    1737
    1837

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