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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. Why was Cuthbert inspired to rise from his sickbed in Chapter 8, according to Bede?
(a) Because he desired to be an inspiration to those in need.
(b) Because he knew that God would provide him strength to carry out ministry.
(c) Because he knew that God had certainly heard the prayers of the monks praying for him.
(d) Because he did not want to neglect the responsibility God had put before him.

2. What does Farmer identify as the basic theme of the "Navigatio"?
(a) The healing mysteries of faith.
(b) The quest for paradise on earth.
(c) The cleansing influence of virtue.
(d) The miraculous power of prayer.

3. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Unknown.
(c) Brendan.
(d) Eddius Stephanus.

4. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?
(a) He was made abbot of lindisfarne.
(b) He died at the same time as Cuthbert.
(c) He passed the story of Cuthbert's death to Bede.
(d) Cuthbert blessed him and he lived many years after receiving the prophesy.

5. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?
(a) Monasticism and the primacy of the spiritual.
(b) The Sacraments, baptism, and confession.
(c) The presbytery and the Holy Roman Empire.
(d) Indulgences, monasticism, and chanting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

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

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

4. What miracle did Cuthbert perform when he brought the Holy Ghost to a village that could only provide tents for him and his retinue?

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

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