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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 were Brendan's most important monasteries, according to Farmer?
(a) Annadown, Christendom, Confert, and Melrose.
(b) Northumbria, Whitby, Inishadroum, and Jarrow.
(c) Wearmouth, Jarrow, Lindisfarne, and Melrose.
(d) Clonfert, Annadown, Inishadroum, and Ardfert.

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

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

4. To whom did Cuthbert prophesy his own death, according to Bede?
(a) Benedict Biscop.
(b) Hereberht, the hermit.
(c) The residents on the island Lindisfarne.
(d) Bede.

5. What effect did abbots in Ireland have on the influence of bishops, according to Farmer?
(a) The provided the channels for bishops to influence the population.
(b) They strengthened the bishops by collecting indulgences for them.
(c) They had no affect on the bishops.
(d) They diminished the influence of bishops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Farmer claim to be the document that the earliest monk wrote?

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

3. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?

4. Why did a demon leave the wife of Sheriff Hildmer as he and Cuthbert approached his home, according to Bede?

5. To what book does Bede refer for support of other angels who rode on horseback?

(see the answer key)

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