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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The Sacraments, baptism, and confession.
(c) Monasticism and the primacy of the spiritual.
(d) The presbytery and the Holy Roman Empire.

2. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) Bede.
(b) Ceolfrith.
(c) Eddius Stephanus.
(d) An anonymous monk from Lindisfarne.

3. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?
(a) Brendan.
(b) Bede.
(c) Eddius Stephanus.
(d) Unknown.

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

5. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?
(a) Ireland and The Netherlands.
(b) England and Ireland.
(c) Rome and Ireland.
(d) England and France.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?

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

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

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

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