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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Bede, Life of Cuthbert.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What official does Farmer report presided over the community of monks?
(a) The regional bishop.
(b) The Cardinals.
(c) The Pope.
(d) A local abbot.

2. As Cuthbert was traveling with a boy during a preaching tour in Chapter 12, how did Bede report that Cuthbert prophesied their food would be provided?
(a) By an eagle.
(b) By a dog.
(c) By a fawn.
(d) By two otters.

3. Who does Farmer report to be the earliest monk of the British Isles?
(a) Ceolfrith, a monk of Wearmouth.
(b) Cuthbert, a hermit of Lindisfarne.
(c) Benedict, a Roman bishop.
(d) Brendan, an Irish monk.

4. How many Latin manuscripts of this document does Farmer claim still exists?
(a) 1116
(b) 16
(c) 1166
(d) 116

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?

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

3. What text does Bede report that Boisil recommended to Cuthbert?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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