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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. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?
(a) He chastised them with harsh sermons.
(b) He ministered to them directly by showing them a life of Christian integrity.
(c) He traveled to villages to preach the way of truth.
(d) He secluded himself and prayed fervently for their integrity.

2. What was the result of the prayers Cuthbert led while he and two brethren were stranded during a sea voyage without provisions?
(a) A whale came to deliver them to their destination.
(b) Angels mended their ship while the two brethren slept and Cuthbert kept a prayer vigil.
(c) God ended the storm and provided a passing ship to carry them to their destination.
(d) They were provided with dolphin meat and calm seas.

3. 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) Indulgences, monasticism, and chanting.
(d) The presbytery and the Holy Roman Empire.

4. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?
(a) Benedict, a Roman bishop.
(b) Ceolfrith, a monk of Wearmouth.
(c) Cuthbert, a hermit of Lindisfarne.
(d) Brendan, an Irish monk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?

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

3. What was the quote from the Psalms that Bede used to support God's hand in the event?

4. What did Bede claim to be Cuthbert's preoccupation when he was still eight years old?

5. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.

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