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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?
(a) About 200.
(b) About 210.
(c) About 20.
(d) About 120.

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

3. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?
(a) The ideals and the scale of values of "The Age of Bede's" great men.
(b) The accurate history of various leaders in the region.
(c) The colorful detail with which the ancient times are reported.
(d) The mystical accounting of miracles.

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

5. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
(a) Three.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of battles does Farmer report the church leaders in "The Age of Bede" fought?

5. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?

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