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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.
(a) Eosterwine.
(b) Columbanus.
(c) Hwaetberht.
(d) Brendan.

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

3. Which of the works in "The Age of Bede" does Farmer claim was popular during the Middle Ages?
(a) "The Life of Cuthbert."
(b) "Voyage of St. Brendan."
(c) " The Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow."
(d) "The Life of Wilfrid."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What official does Farmer report presided over the community of monks?

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

4. Why does Farmer credit this institution with the spread of monasteries in Ireland?

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

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