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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. Who does Bede claim first chastised Cuthbert for his idleness and his indulgences?
(a) A three-year-old child.
(b) His maternal grandfather.
(c) A solemn old man.
(d) A neighbor who caught him in a prank.

2. Which document by Bede, according to Farmer, acts as a biography and a local history?
(a) "The History of Abbot Ceolfrith."
(b) "Lives of the Abbots."
(c) "The Life of Wilfrid."
(d) "The Life of Cuthbert."

3. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?
(a) He secluded himself and prayed fervently for their integrity.
(b) He traveled to villages to preach the way of truth.
(c) He chastised them with harsh sermons.
(d) He ministered to them directly by showing them a life of Christian integrity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?

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

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

4. What were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?

5. In what literary form does Farmer claim Bede's "Life of Cuthbert" is written?

(see the answer key)

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