Early Christian Ireland

Question 1

'Pictures of biblical stories were carved onto high crosses to teach people about Christianity'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What is a 'Tonsure'?

Accepted Answer

A hairstyle where the top of the head is shaved

Question 3

What is a missionary?

Accepted Answer

Someone that speads religion in a foreign country.

Question 4

Name this Viking ship

Accepted Answer

Longship

Question 5

Where did monks eat?

Accepted Answer

Refectory

Question 6

What famous Missionary came to Ireland and spread Christianity?

Accepted Answer

St. Patrick

Question 7

Scribes created manuscripts in the scriptorium. What is a manuscript?

Accepted Answer

A handwritten religious text

Question 8

What modern-day country was St. Patrick originally from?

Accepted Answer

Wales

Question 9

'The Book of Kells is kept in Dublin City University'

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Name this metalwork object

Accepted Answer

Chalice

Question 11

What material were manuscripts often made from vellum. What animal skin is used to make vellum?

Accepted Answer

Calf

Question 12

Why did Vikings raid Christian monasteries

Accepted Answer

To steal valuable metals, resources and enslave people

Question 13

'Carpenters work with wood'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Which of the following was NOT a job a monk could have had?

Accepted Answer

Soldier

Question 15

'Filigree is a type of metalwork that consists of interlacing metal pieces'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

What was the purpose of a Monastery in Early Christian Ireland?

Accepted Answer

To worship God and create art

Question 17

Where in the world did Vikings originate from?

Accepted Answer

Scandinavia

Question 18

What is the name of the building where monks slept?

Accepted Answer

Huts, Cells

Question 19

'Monks and nuns lived in monasteries'

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

What caused a decline in Irish monasteries beginning at the end of the 8th century?

Accepted Answer

Vikings

Question 21

'The Book of Bells is a famous manuscript'

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

What was the point of a roundtower?

Accepted Answer

The hide from raiders, To store valuables during a raid, A lookout post

Question 23

What type of artwork is NOT in the Book of Kells

Accepted Answer

Realistic human portraits

Question 24

What type of artist would be in the workshop?

Accepted Answer

Carpenters, Scribes, Stonemasons, Metalworker

Question 25

'9th century vikings believed in Christianity'

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

What is the name of the head monk?

Accepted Answer

Abbot

Question 27

Name this type of stone art

Accepted Answer

High Cross

Question 28

'Monasteries were often built in well-populated areas'

Accepted Answer

False

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