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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Bede, Lives of the Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many texts does D.H. Farmer report in the Introduction comprise "The Age of Bede"?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

2. Who does Farmer credit with writing the earliest "Life of Cuthbert"?
(a) An anonymous monk from Lindisfarne.
(b) Ceolfrith.
(c) Bede.
(d) Eddius Stephanus.

3. From what royal family does Bede claim Benedict descended?
(a) The Windsor lineage.
(b) The Theodoric lineage.
(c) The Egfrid Lineage.
(d) The Angle lineage.

4. Which Northumbrian cleric does Farmer record as being trained in Lindisfarne?
(a) Columbanus.
(b) Cuthbert.
(c) Wilfrid
(d) Brendan.

5. What does Bede claim Cuthbert did to convert water to wine as he stayed at a convent in Tyne?
(a) He performed a wedding and asked for God's provisions over the reception.
(b) He spent a night's prayer vigil in a nearby lake.
(c) He drank the water from a cup.
(d) He dipped the hem of his garment in a cask of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bede report provided the land for St. Peter's Monastery?

2. Who donated the land for Benedict to build a monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?

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

4. What skill was brought from France to Britain as a result of the construction of the monastery in Northumbria, according to Bede?

5. Where does Farmer claim that the earliest surviving manuscript of "Navigatio" was written?

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