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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) They diminished the influence of bishops.
(b) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.
(c) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.
(d) They had no affect on the bishops.

3. What kind of battles does Farmer report the church leaders in "The Age of Bede" fought?
(a) Physical battles against pagans seeking to dismantle Christian influences.
(b) Economic battles against land owners who sought land on which churches were built.
(c) Political battles against corrupt kings.
(d) Spiritual battles against invisible diabolical enemies.

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

5. Who does Farmer claim enabled Wilfred to travel to visit other churches through Europe?
(a) Dalfinus.
(b) Bishop Colman.
(c) Alhfrith.
(d) Enfleda, Queen of Northumbria.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?

2. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?

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

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

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

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