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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What principal apostle of Ireland does Farmer claim encouraged monasticism for men and women?
(a) St. Ceolfrith.
(b) St. Patrick.
(c) St. Benedict.
(d) St. Brendan.
2. What was Benedict's council to those who visited him while he suffered his illness, according to Bede?
(a) That the ordinances he passed to them were not of his creation.
(b) That they devote themselves to fasting and prayer.
(c) That they guard the monasteries at Wearmouth and Jarrow.
(d) That they study scripture regularly.
3. What does Bede record to be Benedict's orders regarding the books he had brought back from his several trips to Rome?
(a) That they be offered to the Bishop so he could consider the best use of collection.
(b) That they be returned to Rome and the collection from which they were borrowed.
(c) That they be kept as a single collection and not broken up piecemeal.
(d) That copied and spread throughout the monasteries of England.
4. Who was finally found to travel to St. Peter's with Wilfrid, according to Stephanus?
(a) Archbishop Dalfinus.
(b) Bishop Baducing.
(c) King Erconberht of Kent.
(d) Boniface the Archdeacon.
5. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) Cenobites.
(b) The Royal Order.
(c) The Holy Knights.
(d) The Holy Priesthood.
Short Answer Questions
1. From whom did Bede claim Benedict bought the unique collection during his fifth trip to Rome?
2. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?
3. What was the method that Bede writes Ceolfrith chose for a new abbot to be chosen to replace him?
4. To what biblical story does Stephanus compare the event that preceded the battle between Wilfrid's party and the pagans?
5. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
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