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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 does Farmer report came of Cuthbert after he spent many years in a monastery?
(a) He was appointed Bishop.
(b) He became a priest.
(c) He became an usher in the Holy See.
(d) He became a hermit.

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

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

4. How does Bede claim Christian converts profaned their faith in Chapter 9?
(a) With their ill-gotten gains.
(b) With their works.
(c) With the coarse language.
(d) With their sloth.

5. Why does Farmer credit this institution with the spread of monasteries in Ireland?
(a) The government would raise taxes to support the construction of monasteries.
(b) When a family would convert to Christianity, it would remain together as a group and convert their homes into monasteries.
(c) Clergy would evangelize pagans who would give to support the construction of monasteries.
(d) Nobles would provide land and funding for construction of monasteries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?

2. What was the first miracle that Bede reports that Cuthbert performed?

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

4. What does Farmer claim to be the name of the author of the "Navigatio"?

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

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