Check students' prior knowledge of St. Patrick's Day or test them following your lesson with this quick, fun quiz. The quiz checks Irish history and folklore in a multiple-choice format. An answer page is included.
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St. Patty’s Day Quiz
Question 1: If you’re out looking for a pot of gold, and you come across a leprechaun with a shillelagh, (pronounced: sha-lay’-li) that would mean he:
- Is carrying a big stick.
- Has a four-leaf clover.
- Is walking a pot-bellied pig.
- He chased away rats by playing his flute.
- He could talk to the birds.
- He drove the snakes out of Ireland.
- Have seven years' bad luck.
- Gain the "gift of gab."
- Turn green.
- "Father of his people."
- "Hunter of snakes."
- "Brilliant light."
- Kiss me, I’m Irish.
- Ireland forever.
- Everybody’s Irish.
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