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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) Northumbria, Whitby, Inishadroum, and Jarrow.
(b) Wearmouth, Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Melrose.
(c) Clonfert, Annadown, Inishadroum, and Ardfert.
(d) Annadown, Christendom, Confert, and Melrose.

2. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) The Holy Priesthood.
(b) Cenobites.
(c) The Holy Knights.
(d) The Royal Order.

3. What did Bede claim to be Cuthbert's preoccupation when he was still eight years old?
(a) Reading and writing.
(b) Games and carefree play.
(c) Praying and Chanting.
(d) Hunting and adventuring.

4. What official does Farmer report presided over the community of monks?
(a) A local abbot.
(b) The regional bishop.
(c) The Pope.
(d) The Cardinals.

5. To whom did Bede write the prologue to his "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Christians of future generations.
(b) Christians of who were served by his ministry.
(c) His father.
(d) Bishop Eadfrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?

2. Who does Bede report gave Cuthbert a cure for a tumor on his knee?

3. What does Bede report Cuthbert used to cure a sick servant to a bodyguard of King Ecgfrith?

4. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?

5. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?

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