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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?
(a) "The Life of Wilfrid".
(b) "The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow".
(c) "The Life of Cuthbert".
(d) "The Navigatio".

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

3. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.
(b) History, fact, and economic theory.
(c) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(d) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.

4. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Three.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?

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

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

5. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?

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