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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. Which Old Testament prophet does Bede first quote in the first paragraph of Chapter One?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Elisha.
(c) Jeremiah.
(d) Elijah.

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

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 ideals and the scale of values of "The Age of Bede's" great men.
(c) The accurate history of various leaders in the region.
(d) The colorful detail with which the ancient times are reported.

4. How was Cuthbert's Friday fast broken on one occasion at the vesper's hour according to Bede?
(a) Birds brought him bread from a far land.
(b) Otters brought him a meal of fish from the sea.
(c) Cuthbert's horse pulled on a straw from the roof where he rested that was connected to a bundle of food from God.
(d) An angel disgused as an old man fixed him a meal of rice and cakes.

5. For what two countries does Farmer claim "The Age of Bede" to be an important source of early Christian Church history?
(a) England and Ireland.
(b) Ireland and The Netherlands.
(c) England and France.
(d) Rome and Ireland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bede claim to be Cuthbert's preoccupation when he was still eight years old?

2. How did Cuthbert respond to converts who were falling away from the faith, according to Bede?

3. What were two things that Bede said he avoided in the prologue?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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