View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Farmer claim draws readers across the ages to the lives profiled in "The Age of Bede"?
(a) The ideals and the scale of values of "The Age of Bede's" great men.
(b) The mystical accounting of miracles.
(c) The colorful detail with which the ancient times are reported.
(d) The accurate history of various leaders in the region.

2. 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.

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

4. Farmer asserts that the "Navigatio" is a fascinating mixture of what?
(a) Intrigue, sound doctrine, and drama.
(b) History, fact, and economic theory.
(c) Fact, fantasy, and literary borrowing.
(d) Fantasy, doctrine, and mystery.

5. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?
(a) Biography.
(b) Hagiography.
(c) Iambic Pentameter.
(d) Prose.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 334 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample