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

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

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

4. Which cleric does Farmer identify as coming from Northumbria and trained at Melrose?
(a) Columbanus.
(b) Wilfrid.
(c) Cuthbert.
(d) Columba of Iona.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many years does Farmer claim had passed before the biography of Brendan had first appeared?

4. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?

5. Which Irish apostle, according to Farmer, became famous for the founding of the Bobbio and Saint-Gall monasteries.

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