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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term does Farmer use to identify a community of monks?
(a) Cenobites.
(b) The Royal Order.
(c) The Holy Priesthood.
(d) The Holy Knights.

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

3. 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 became a priest.
(c) He became a hermit.
(d) He was appointed Bishop.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?

2. According to Farmer, each of the saints profiled in "The Age of Bede" were pioneers of what important church institutions?

3. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?

4. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?

5. The saints who are detailed in "The Age of Bede" lived in what two centuries according to Farmer?

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