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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 report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
(a) He became an usher in the Holy See.
(b) He was appointed Bishop.
(c) He became a priest.
(d) He became a hermit.

2. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?
(a) At the monastery at Wearmouth.
(b) At the monastery at Inishadroum.
(c) At the monastery at St. Maximin.
(d) At the monastery at Melrose.

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

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

5. What institution does Farmer suggest was responsible for the growth of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) The family.
(b) The government.
(c) The Clergy.
(d) The Nobility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?

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

3. What principal apostle of Ireland does Farmer claim encouraged monasticism for men and women?

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

5. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?

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