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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Bede, Life of Cuthbert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?
(a) Annadown, Christendom, Confert, and Melrose.
(b) Clonfert, Annadown, Inishadroum, and Ardfert.
(c) Northumbria, Whitby, Inishadroum, and Jarrow.
(d) Wearmouth, Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Melrose.

2. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
(a) Biography.
(b) Hagiography.
(c) Prose.
(d) Iambic Pentameter.

3. After he listened to the chastisement, what does Bede report to be Cuthbert's response?
(a) He began working harder on his chants to serve the worship needs of his town.
(b) He began studying writing more seriously to produce works fit for public consumption.
(c) He stopped spending so much time adventuring and devoted himself more seriously to studying the Bible.
(d) He forsook foolish games immediately and showed himself to be more mature and earnest.

4. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?
(a) The colorful detail with which the ancient times are reported.
(b) The mystical accounting of miracles.
(c) The accurate history of various leaders in the region.
(d) The ideals and the scale of values of "The Age of Bede's" great men.

5. What came of a phantom fire that came upon a village while Bede reports that Cuthbert was teaching on the distractions of the devil?
(a) An angel extinguished the flames with a mighty blow of his trumpet.
(b) They disappeared into thin air as Cuthbert prayed.
(c) God brought a torrent of rain that extinguished the phantom.
(d) Strong winds blew the fires away as soon as Cuthbert prayed for deliverance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?

2. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?

3. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?

4. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?

5. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.

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