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

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

3. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?
(a) Doctrine and legalism.
(b) Judgementalism and piety.
(c) Ambiguity and hair-splitting.
(d) Criticism and pessimism.

4. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?
(a) At the monastery at Melrose.
(b) At the monastery at Wearmouth.
(c) At the monastery at St. Maximin.
(d) At the monastery at Inishadroum.

5. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
(a) He was appointed Bishop.
(b) He became an usher in the Holy See.
(c) He became a priest.
(d) He became a hermit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?

2. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?

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

4. What does Bede claim came of the person to whom Cuthbert prophesied his death?

5. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?

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