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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Anonymous History of Abbot Ceolfrith.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?
(a) Cuthbert.
(b) Wilfrid.
(c) Columba of Iona.
(d) Columbanus.

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

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

4. What was the first miracle that Bede reports that Cuthbert performed?
(a) He healed himself of a lame leg.
(b) He healed a sick boy near death.
(c) He calmed a wind that had nearly blown rafts carrying monks to sea with his prayers.
(d) He brought a sheriff's wife back to life.

5. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?
(a) 16
(b) 1166
(c) 1116
(d) 116

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does the anonymous author of Ceolfrith's history claim he became a monk?

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

3. Who was the wicked queen who Stephanus wrote persecuted the church and martyred nine bishops?

4. What Psalm did the monks from St. Peter's sing to Ceolfrith as he left on his pilgrimage, according to the anonymous author?

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

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