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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) The Clergy.
(b) The Nobility.
(c) The family.
(d) The government.

2. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Columbanus.
(c) Columba of Iona.
(d) Wilfrid.

3. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?
(a) Brendan, an Irish monk.
(b) Cuthbert, a hermit of Lindisfarne.
(c) Ceolfrith, a monk of Wearmouth.
(d) Benedict, a Roman bishop.

4. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.
(a) Eosterwine.
(b) Brendan.
(c) Columbanus.
(d) Hwaetberht.

5. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) They had no affect on the bishops.
(b) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.
(c) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.
(d) They diminished the influence of bishops.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?

2. What official does Farmer report presided over the community of monks?

3. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?

4. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?

5. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?

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